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10. Is Seattle different from other cities in this respect?

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 12:38 PM

Aug 2015

I thought that our whole country was red-lined and segregated. It's hard to believe that Seattle is worse than any city in the south, for instance. What about Boston? Detroit? Cleveland?

This is a genuine question. Is Seattle different?

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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