How is racism in Seattle? (construction, school, gated)

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by ComfortablyNumb

I grew up in Wisconsin and most people are very progressive but also slightly racist, including myself. When you grow up in Milwaukee, which is about 20% white and also one of the poorest, most violent cities in America, it is just hard not to be. ANYWAYZ:

How is Seattle in this regard? If I moved to Seattle, should I expect to be ostracized for comments that might be considered racially insensitive?

Why do you want to be prejudice? And Milwaukee is not 20% white, but 40% white. And so what if Milwaukee has some violence issues. Atlanta,GA, the city I live near, has a violent crime rate higher than Milwaukee's. I also lived in an area where I was constantly getting messed with for being African-American. Am I going to be prejudice against all White people? No I am not. I don't have a reason to be. I used to live in the Seattle area and I quite liked it. I know there is prejudice everywhere, but I don't think you need to take an attitude like that with you to Seattle.

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by Inkpoe

Seattle isn't as bad as it was before. The papers here talked about how KKK had HQ in Seattle (Local News | UW project sheds light on Ku Klux Klan as force in the state | Seattle Times Newspaper) and all... but racism isn't overt here. The PC mentality has long ago taken over and now no one wants to be regarded as racist so there are people here who will do anything not to appear as so.

Another article talks about Racism in Seattle life many years ago. I can't imagine the actions done back then being done now at all. Pacific NW | The Power of the Pool: Issues of class, culture and political priorities swirl | Seattle Times Newspaper

The KKK also had an HQ in Portland,OR too. In the 1920's, the KKK was all over the USA.

[LookingForwardtoWA]

My fiance and I plan on moving to Redmond or Bellevue next month and after reading a few posts on here I am very curious about what we should expect in terms of racism. He's white and I'm black.
Any thoughts?

[Patron of Wrath]

If you are looking for racism then look no further than Affirmative Action. If you are looking for the Klan, then you wont find it in Seattle. If you are "looking" for racism in Seattle, I can assure you you'll "find" it; not because people care about your color, but because you, like so many of our generation, have been culturally brainwashed to believe that all negativity directed towards you is because of the color of your skin, not because people are d1cks.

Was that last a run-on sentence? My apologies if it was, but I can assure you that any correction of my grammar is because of racism, not because I suck at English.

[Patron of Wrath]

All it takes is one quack with a KKK sign for the news media to sensationalize an article about "Klan in Seattle!". The KKK only truly lives on in a few isolated locations in the deep south. Accusations of Klan activity, or Neo-Nazi activity, are great ways for the establishment to distract us from the true issues of inequity that our society faces; like the ever widening gap between the rich and poor.

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by Patron of Wrath

All it takes is one quack with a KKK sign for the news media to sensationalize an article about "Klan in Seattle!". The KKK only truly lives on in a few isolated locations in the deep south. Accusations of Klan activity, or Neo-Nazi activity, are great ways for the establishment to distract us from the true issues of inequity that our society faces; like the ever widening gap between the rich and poor.

MOST of the Klan activity is in the South. There is thought to be a klan unit in the state of Washington, but the location is not listed. That unit might be gone now. And you do have a point about the establishment stirring up things to distract people. People will take what is true, and use it for abusive reasons.

[Patron of Wrath]

Yeah, like I said, one quack with a KKK sign is all it takes for people to say "There is a Klan presence here.".

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by Patron of Wrath

Yeah, like I said, one quack with a KKK sign is all it takes for people to say "There is a Klan presence here.".

It would take that.

[Ira500]

Originally Posted by LookingForwardtoWA

My fiance and I plan on moving to Redmond or Bellevue next month and after reading a few posts on here I am very curious about what we should expect in terms of racism. He's white and I'm black.
Any thoughts?

Well, Microsoft has a big influence on Redmond and to a smaller extent Bellevue, and Microsoft has a very diverse workforce. The Seattle area in general is thought of as accepting and tolerant.
My feeling is that you'd have more trouble in downtown Bellevue if you were observed driving an older, run down car than if you were a mixed couple.

[Patron of Wrath]

Yeah, Microsoft's work-force is as diverse as the H1-B visa allows.