At a Black church, there were not more than a dozen or so Black faces. Last night we went to the Mt. Zion Baptist Church to hear the “debate” between candidates for Seattle City Council from this District. The event struck me as a tribute to Apartheid and Demagoguery. Seattle’s a[...]
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May 13th, 2015 - 11:08 am § in Politics, The Ave Scene
Of Sawant and Apartheid: Electing a City Council in Seattle
January 3rd, 2015 - 9:58 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Apartheid in Seattle
What happened to Seattle’s Black Community?[...]
November 9th, 2019 - 2:36 am § in Misc., Schools & Colleges
The Seattle Public Schools … I Charge the Schools with Condescending Racism
HOW CAN THE SPS ADDRESS DISPARITIES WITHOUT SUPPORTING THE HIGHEST GOALS FOR ALL KIDS? I see this decision by the Seattle schools as condescending to the rights of minority kids to compete at top levels. Despite the wealth of Seattle .. our money and the collective talents of our citizens .. the Sea[...]
June 30th, 2016 - 10:33 am § in Misc.
Seattle’s Congressional Race: Is Carpet Bagging OK?
I may vote for Pramila Jayapal, BUT: Before deciding how to vote, I worry that Pramila is a carpetbagger. She does not live in District 7, my District. Pramila’s District, District 9, has a diverse population of poor refugees. These are immigrants fleeing poverty and war in Asia, Lati[...]
July 18th, 2015 - 8:22 am § in Misc., The Ave Scene
Ed Clark: A Dialog about Seattle and Neighborhoods
We are afraid that the quality of life of Seattle single-family neighborhoods will be destroyed. Edward Alan Clark I just heard the most asinine comment in a KUOW discussion about why single-family home owners don’t want duplexes and triplexes built next to them: ‘they think it will [...]
June 21st, 2015 - 9:14 am § in Misc.
A Lesson for Seattle from Charleston
“Mother Emanuael” is fated to become a home to ghosts, a museum frequented by curious white folks. I am a Jew. On my first visit to Amsterdam I went to the Jewish museum. The museum outraged me. How can MY people be treated as if we no longer exist? I felt I was surrounded by [[...]
May 22nd, 2015 - 7:58 am § in America, The Ave Scene
FACEBOOK: Does Seattle Need To Build Poorhouses?
Sarajane Siegfriedt FACEBOOK Erica C. Barnett wrote, “Cognitive dissonance is strong with these candidates. Most of the eight had no problem saying they want to see lots more affordable housing in one breath, and saying that they also support higher taxes on all new development in the next.&#[...]
Of Sawant and Apartheid, The $700 Bet.
Last night at Drinking Liberally, David Goldstein of HorsesAss offered to bet me $700 … the amount he has contributed to her campaign this year, that she would win in the primary with over 50% of the vote. I refused to bet that much, after all David is now a hired writer for a billion[...]
March 27th, 2015 - 7:45 am § in America, The Ave Scene
APARTHEID IN WASTATE
Liberals and conservatives in WASTATE think this is a liberal state. Data like this, however, argue otherwise. It seems to me that the State and especially Seattle have effectively spread cosmetics over our problem by creating affluent, self satisfied mainstream communities while African Americans, [...]
October 1st, 2015 - 11:08 am § in Misc.
CENSORED UPDATE: The earlier post was censored at FB apparently because the caricature used the N word. This is a repost to FB with the N word and the caricatures of a Black and a Jewish man whited out. If you click on the censored image, it will take you to the post with the […][...]