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Matariki

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8. And there's this shameful historical fact about our fair city...

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 08:17 PM

Aug 2015

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/opinion/article/Remember-Seattle-s-segregated-history-1222098.php

The ship canal that bisects Seattle means different things to different people. Younger Seattleites know that it means traffic jams during rush hour and when the bridges rise. Older Seattleites who are African American or Asian American may have a different association. They remember when the ship canal was a primary boundary of racial segregation, when people of color could not live beyond the canal and could not travel in North Seattle neighborhoods after dark.

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White supremacy in liberal Seattle? "It's baked into the design of the city." [View all] pnwmom Aug 2015 OP

Oregon, too. KamaAina Aug 2015 #1

thank you for the link shanti Aug 2015 #9

I could have told you this. When my late brother moved to Seattle, he was appalled leftofcool Aug 2015 #2

The BLM protesters... MellowDem Aug 2015 #3

Some members of the crowd were shouting obscenities while pnwmom Aug 2015 #4

They're terrible spokespeople... MellowDem Aug 2015 #5

And gentrification has changed the color of many of the neighborhoods that remained integrated. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2015 #6

Re: the Mariners crowd Arugula Latte Aug 2015 #11

Also, that less than 8 percent is smart enough to NOT go to Mariners games jmowreader Aug 2015 #16

Of course it's not just Seattle and like in many other places Jewish people and Asians were also Bluenorthwest Aug 2015 #7

And there's this shameful historical fact about our fair city... Matariki Aug 2015 #8

Is Seattle different from other cities in this respect? yardwork Aug 2015 #10

The difference is that in some cities back east pnwmom Aug 2015 #13

Here in North Carolina, those restrictive covenants were also written into deeds. yardwork Aug 2015 #14

I think the idea is more the gulf between its history and progressive image. cemaphonic Aug 2015 #15

I see. Thanks for that explanation. yardwork Aug 2015 #17

NoCal too WhaTHellsgoingonhere Aug 2015 #12