CHARLIE JAMES For over 40 years we have been in this city together working on issue relevant to people of color. My goal and objectives have always leaned heavily toward the Black community and i have accepted your insistence on a larger collaborative effort with third world people. But over th[...]
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September 25th, 2015 - 11:11 am § in Misc.
Of Jews and Race
The idea that Jews are “white” is racist and deeply offensive to me. I grew up as a Jew in a very antisemitic part of Boston. After my Dad returned from his service in WWII Germany, his life was threatened by toughs. I still treasure the German “head breaker” cane he [...]
July 24th, 2015 - 8:31 am § in The Ave Scene
SEATTLE APARTHEID: Is Seattle Segregated?
A couple of days ago on TA , Ed Clark responded to the Seattle Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) charge that Seattle’s zoning is rooted in and responsible for racial segregation in Seattle. In my opinion, the HALA statement was race baiting and flawed by a fundamenta[...]
July 23rd, 2015 - 5:21 am § in Uncategorized
UPDATE: Is my home racist?
Edward Alan Clark , Biobuddhist DOES SEATTLE’S TRADITION OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES REFLECT RACISM? Page 25 of Seattle Mayor Ed Murray‘s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda report cites the Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project’s research on racially restrictive coven[...]
July 21st, 2015 - 5:35 pm § in The Ave Scene
The Faux Debate on Rent Control
The great debate over rent control turned out to be an amateurish production of the famous play “The Theater of the Absurd.” video The doors to Town Hall opened at 5 PM. By 6 PM the crowd overwhelmed the former church, extending out onto the sidewalk where I u[...]
July 2nd, 2015 - 12:02 am § in Misc.
The Greek crisis: A primer
Why is Greece insolvent? “In 2010 and 2011, mainly German and French banks in pursuit of high profits made massive loans to Greek firms. When the banks recognized that this was a high risk, they were bailed out … by transferring the debt from the banks to the public institutions like[...]
June 22nd, 2015 - 2:23 pm § in Misc.
Nikki Haley apparently marked her race as “white” on her voter registration form in South Carolina.
Here in Seattle Kshama Sawant and Pramila Jayapal have strongly identified themselves as people of color. some call them”browns.” I find this disturbing, an effort to pass for one of America’s horribly mistreated minorities ought to be bas sed on more than a good tan. The i[...]
June 22nd, 2015 - 9:10 am § in America
UPDATE: Despicable Comments in Defence of Racism in South Carolina
William Quick (my brother in law, comment in TA): It is absolutely despicable that you repeat this racist nonsense speculating about flying the Confederate flag at half-staff in SC. The tragedy that occurred at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. deserves respect and sympathy, not your bigoted [...]
June 21st, 2015 - 9:13 am § in Misc.
Fixing Racism
How to resolve the issues about Rachel Dolezal The pain evoked by the exposure that Ms. Dolezal was born of White and Black racism. Genetically there is no such thing as “black” any more than there is such a thing as tall or smart or Jewish. Being tall or smart does have a genetic[...]
June 18th, 2015 - 3:10 pm § in Uncategorized
Republicans spin church killings to peddle anti-gay bigotry
“You talk about the importance of prayer in this time and we’re now seeing assaults on our religious liberty we’ve never seen before. It’s a time for deeper reflection beyond this horrible situation.” — Rick Santorum Baloney. This was a white racist killing black churchgoers [...]