How Can the Portland Restaurant Industry Show Up for Black Lives? | Eater Portland

"I learned from Nick Charles, a former staffer at Yonder — the hit fried chicken spot owned by Maya Lovelace — that the restaurant has faced criticism for its treatment of employees and for whitewashing Southern cuisine; Charles argued that staff need better training to explain the cultural origins of the food, that lack of BIPOC representation in leadership creates unequal opportunities (he describes having to start in the back of house despite front-of-house experience), and that these internal shortcomings must be addressed as part of meaningful industry support for racial justice." - Celeste Noche