<p>It's not easy being Black in Oregon, a state originally founded as a <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/07/racist-history-portland/492035/" target="_blank">white utopia</a>. For Portia Mittons, a transplant from Chicago, it's even harder: She's the only person of color in Sumpter, Oregon--a town more than five hours east of Portland, population, roughly 200 people. She moved there to open <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecoughiepot/" target="_blank">the Coughie Pot</a>, a cannabis dispensary the town didn't want, but legally was powerless to stop despite multiple attempts.</p><br><p>In this episode Tiara takes a road trip to Sumpter to meet Portia, to find out the Coughie Pot's origin story, and to learn how Sumpter got got by ganja.</p><br><p><a href="www.tiaramdarnell.com" target="_blank">Tiara Darnell</a> is the host and executive producer of <a href="https://www.highgoodpeople.com/" target="_blank">High, Good People</a></p><p>Theme music by <a href="http://www.fritzwa.com/" target="_blank">Fritzwa</a></p><p>Podcast image design by <a href="https://twitter.com/theartspj" target="_blank">Tiara Darnell</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
