tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post538201378669149019..comments2024-03-29T05:44:08.923-07:00Comments on Diary of a Fat Slob: White like meUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-12936996543006943052022-10-24T11:28:59.720-07:002022-10-24T11:28:59.720-07:00That's what it takes to make Republicans do th...That's what it takes to make Republicans do the right thing -- a lawsuit they lose. It's why they're so intent on taking over the courts.Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-9154317891152102412022-10-24T00:20:57.017-07:002022-10-24T00:20:57.017-07:00Lawsuits.
jtbLawsuits.<br /><br />jtbjohnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-31269456093861717952022-10-23T11:48:42.132-07:002022-10-23T11:48:42.132-07:00Come to Rainier Valley, I guess. There are black f...Come to Rainier Valley, I guess. There are black folks everywhere in the city, but they generally stand out in a crowd. In Rainier Valley they're more likely the crowd.<br /><br />And I'm sure it's just a coincidence, but when Seattle belatedly started building its light rail network, the tracks were in tunnels underground or on stilts high above ground almost everywhere, except... Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-28427377565903458532022-10-23T11:41:27.545-07:002022-10-23T11:41:27.545-07:00Bars were not allowed, eh? I only have memories, n...Bars were not allowed, eh? I only have memories, no facts, but despite living in the suburbs my family's church was on the edge of Seattle's blackest neighborhood, and on our Sunday morning, Sunday evening, and Wednesday evening drives into church, I don't remember any bars along Rainier Avenue... There were a thousand cheap restaurants, and maybe they served beer discreetly in those Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-76342814695522548872022-10-22T19:01:58.217-07:002022-10-22T19:01:58.217-07:00The two things my friend Tom, a lifelong east-coas...The two things my friend Tom, a lifelong east-coast NJ-NYC resident, told me after he visited Seattle for the first time was that the city was extremely clean and small and that there were no black people to be found. In his NJ hometown, there has always been a notable black population and many are well-heeled professionals while others barely survive like most service-industry folks these days. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-90979328448023393172022-10-22T18:46:24.422-07:002022-10-22T18:46:24.422-07:00Thanks for writing about race. We think we hear ab...Thanks for writing about race. We think we hear about race in America all the time, but we don't. Just a couple of clarifications:<br /><br />1) >There was no explicit segregation in Seattle to my knowledge, but there was redlining . . .<br /><br />Redlining is pretty explicit segregation. It separates children in schools and adults in neighborhoods. There were bars all over Seattle by johnthebasketnoreply@blogger.com