How is racism in Seattle? (crime rate, houses, income)

[Backstrom]

Originally Posted by LA Dee Dah

I take the bus to downtown once in a while and on 2 occasions have witnessed something that I have never seen in all my life living in Los Angeles. An African-Am lady with her young son trying to get off the bus but people who were trying to get in did not have the common courtesy, decency and/or etiquette to let her and her son exit first. It's just so disheartening to see that in the new millenium.

Sometimes those waiting to board can't see who's getting off and other times they really are just impatient. Part of it is up to the driver to let those waiting to board know that they have to wait. When I started to ride the bus more, I myself actually started to board before a woman had to disembark (didn't see her), and the driver held up a stiff hand and said, "Wait!" He was right to do so; people just need to make sure the path's clear before jumping aboard.

Originally Posted by riteguy27

I am an asian indian...I always do and wanted to mingle with ppl from every background...very open minded...I travelled across the globe...lived in different countries...learnt diff cultures....rite now i live in houston, texas, its not easy out here(personal life is not good- ppl dont mingle especially given my background)...so i wanted to move to seattle and meet real ppl...pls suggest me and help me decide...

I don't know about Seattle proper, but there have been heavy influxes of Indian immigrants over the past decade, particularly on the Eastside. There are large agglomerations of Indians who commute to Seattle each day.

[Backstrom]

But back on the subject of racism. We all have our perceptions of different races, but there's no better thing to do than keep your comments to yourself in this regard. But let's not be PC here, if you're referring to African Americans, Seattle's black population is much smaller than Milwaukee's. There are more Asians here than Blacks, but you will still find this to be a predominantly white city. The collective culture is considerably open and tolerant here, but like many other cities, there are a few nutty crockers here and there that aren't shy about being bigots.

[shadedtribulations]

Seattle is in KING county. KING! As in MLK!

[Jennibc]

Originally Posted by shadedtribulations

Seattle is in KING county. KING! As in MLK!

You know, when it was named King county is was not after MLK, it was only a few years ago that the county passed some resolution to change its name-sake.

[shadedtribulations]

Originally Posted by Jennibc

You know, when it was named King county is was not after MLK, it was only a few years ago that the county passed some resolution to change its name-sake.

Perhaps to attract more african-americans to the area. Which is great, because as much as I love the city, it is lacking in cultural diversity. It is seemingly all white and asian.

[garfield206]

depends on who you are talking

also most rasicm here is towards white people

[garfield206]

Originally Posted by shadedtribulations

Perhaps to attract more african-americans to the area. Which is great, because as much as I love the city, it is lacking in cultural diversity. It is seemingly all white and asian.

thats because you live in the richer parts of the city i live in the south end as the only white person on my block

[pirate_lafitte]

Originally Posted by shadedtribulations

Perhaps to attract more african-americans to the area. Which is great, because as much as I love the city, it is lacking in cultural diversity. It is seemingly all white and asian.

I am African-American and I have an attraction to living in Seattle. Then again, I used to live in the Puget Sound area and liked it.

[shadedtribulations]

Originally Posted by garfield206

thats because you live in the richer parts of the city i live in the south end as the only white person on my block

Interesting...

FYI: I don't live in the city. Yet

[smackythefrog]

Originally Posted by garfield206

thats because you live in the richer parts of the city i live in the south end as the only white person on my block

That's true I see swarms of black people when I drove by the crummier parts of town. Then it get's progressively whiter towards the richer parts.