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Posts Tagged ‘people of color’
July 20th, 2015 - 8:54 am § in The Ave Scene
Housing in Seattle
Sarajane Siegfriedt Single-family zones (in Seattle) are being accused of being “exclusionary,” implying that they are racially exclusive. As the article in Crosscut says, this is historically false. Of all the 15,000 or more multifamily units built or permitted recently, none–[...]
July 12th, 2015 - 8:04 am § in Misc.
Seattle Should Recognize the Duwamish People!
Where is The Seattle City Council? Last year the City Council voted to rename “Columbus Day” after that well known American tribe the “Indyje-nus”as in Indigenous Peoples Day.” Other than an unneeded, politically correct insult to Italian Americans, this mouthful[...]
June 23rd, 2015 - 12:12 pm § in Misc.
Can we do a census without race?
Politico Reports: The U.S. Census Bureau is experimenting with eliminating the word “race” altogether in its 2020 survey. Instead, the forms will ask: “Which categories describe person 1?” Respondents will then be able to choose from the usual list of racial and ethnic categories. . �[...]
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 9th, 2015 - 1:10 am § in America
Americans DENIED US Citizenship Based on Race?
Last week the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship does not apply to island territories including American Samoa. Agreeing with the Obama administration’s lawyers, the DC Circuit relied on and even expa[...]
June 8th, 2015 - 1:31 am § in America, Christianity
Is A Black Man A Bigot?
Political correctness insists this must not be true. Judge for yourself. Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran’s was fired because of a book he wrote for a men’s Bible study group . The book made adversive statements about gay people. Should he be able to speak his personal opinions i[...]
April 9th, 2015 - 8:34 am § in America
Salaita Calls Me a “Zionist”
This AM I awoke to receive a message that Salaita has been posting an ad hominem attack on Twitter about me. Instead of identifying me by name he uses an epithet ..calling me a “Zionist professor.” He is correct, I am a Jew and a Zionist. I believe Jews AND Palestinians both have [...]
March 8th, 2015 - 2:07 pm § in Misc.
POLTICAL CORRECTNESS: The PC crowd pounces
No honest person can dimiss the reality of racism against African Americans or Native Americans even though Africans and Caribeans are doing rather well in the US. Nor can any one who watches Fox fail to see the less than subtle racism of the Republicans. BUT Liberals can be as racist as the rig[...]
Upsetting
You can not be an advocate for the Black community if you are intimate with people of other ethnicities. Wow, really? You have to be kidding me. Its disappointing that some African Americans feel this way. This made me upset even before I had children of my own. This thought process w[...]