Black Hat Books — Local services in Portland

So, as a black individual, this shop is basically telling me that I'm 'less than' because I'm getting charged a lower rate than someone with lighter skin? It's interesting how backwards this is. It's also interesting that people are rating this nonsense 5 STARS! I can see that we sure are PROGRESSING as a society.

I'm pretty sure that this is a violation of the Civil Rights Act. Oh yeah, it is!

"42 U.S.C. §2000a (a)All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in this section, without discrimination on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin."

People who shop here knowing of this should be ashamed! I wouldn't mind seeing a Civil Action suit filed against this atrocity...

This book store is an amazing resource for this city. They have a collection of carefully scouted and meticulously cleaned books. Yes, some have the Multnomah County Library stamp on top, that's because it's a difficult book to find and buy as individuals and these wonderful people at Black Hat have done that work for you. All the staff, as well as owner Fred, are pleasant and very helpful. If you have the time, please please please check out their upstairs collection of rare books (not for sale but an insane amount of knowledge up there). Finally, if you are part of the BIPoc community, please go in and see possibly the only book store that has our stories in it not as an afterthought but as fully legitimate...

This is a wonderful secondhand bookshop! It appears smallish at first glance but the selection of books is wide-ranging and impressive. There are no mediocre books in here. It reminded me of one of the better secondhand shops in London or Paris. The owner, Fred, is extremely well-read and helpful. On top of it all, the books are reasonably if not cheaply priced. I'm looking forward to...