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May 3rd, 2015 - 1:07 pm § in Uncategorized

Slur of the Day

Prairie nigger a Native American[155][...]

April 22nd, 2012 - 9:03 am § in America

The AVE CHALLENGE: Racism and Photography of George Zimmerman

One of the things I dislike most about the USA is the belief that we can assign “race” by appearance.  Believe it or not, the guys in the three pictures to the left are all George Zimmerman!  Worse, he is widely assumed to be “white.” So, here is the challenge … who i[...]

October 6th, 2011 - 8:08 am § in America, Politics, The Ave Scene

More News on Seattle Center

American Indian restaurants are all but nonexistent. By Hanna Raskin Wednesday, Jun 29 2011, Seattle Weekly Plans for the Northwest Native Cultural Center, which gained new momentum in June when Seattle Center indicated interest in supporting a proposed 15,000-square-foot development, call for Seatt[...]

September 21st, 2011 - 10:06 pm § in America, Hypocrisy, Jews

A UW Graduate Writes About Howard, III. a response.

I disagree with you about the notion of “people of color.”  A response to the essay here by Amarilis Lugo de Fabritz. I think this term is NewSpeak,  in the Orwell tradition. “People of Color” The term is used by aggressive African Americans to claim a larger constituency t[...]

September 8th, 2011 - 10:18 pm § in Hypocrisy, Politics, The Ave Scene

The Cam Cop Craze

 Holy 1984! Bruce Harrell, a city councilman who has self designated himself as a representative of people of color, has taken up the Copcam cause.  The idea is to mount videocams on the cops  .. presumably only when they are on duty .. to assure that the cops can be held responsible for their ac[...]

September 2nd, 2011 - 11:14 am § in The Ave Scene, UW

The AVE: a vision for Seattle’s new waterfront.

Any successful effort to create a marvelous waterfront park for Seattle should include turning Elliot Avenue into a grand entrance into the city.  Once you cross the Ballard Bridge, there are fields, a very underused shopping center, warehouses, and amazing access to three great attraction … [...]