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Old 07-26-2008, 08:26 PM
 
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alot of gangsters moved here from socal

 
Old 07-27-2008, 01:13 AM
 
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You should come to Denver, it is more diverse. and to me it seems like way more african american population. even though it only shows like 3 percent more it seems like its more. come check out denver i think it would be better sorry seattle

The racial make up of the city, as of 2005, is 50.3% White, 10.6% Black, 3.1% Asian American, 1.4% Native American, 0.2% Pacific Islander, and 1.9% from two or more races. 34.7% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race.[33] 11.3% were of German, 7.2% Irish
 
Old 07-28-2008, 08:36 AM
 
Location: houston
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Denver, with all due respect, the black population in Denver and Seattle are about the same. I highly doubt that it appears to be more in Denver than Seattle.

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You should come to Denver, it is more diverse. and to me it seems like way more african american population. even though it only shows like 3 percent more it seems like its more. come check out denver i think it would be better sorry seattle

The racial make up of the city, as of 2005, is 50.3% White, 10.6% Black, 3.1% Asian American, 1.4% Native American, 0.2% Pacific Islander, and 1.9% from two or more races. 34.7% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race.[33] 11.3% were of German, 7.2% Irish
 
Old 07-28-2008, 11:31 AM
 
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Beautiful pictures...they bring back memories of my visit to Seattle a few years ago. I just may be your neighbor next year...LOL
 
Old 07-28-2008, 12:02 PM
 
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pwright, again thanks for the pictures. Yes, I am definitely moving to Seattle/Olympia Wa.
 
Old 07-28-2008, 04:23 PM
 
Location: Colorado Springs area
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I grew up in the midwest and race was never an issue. I think it is sad that it still is. I can say I have not really seen that here but I will say that I have seen Hispanics taken advantage of by rich white people. I also am surprised by the stats as I thought their was more diversity here as their are so many different types of restaurants. Guess when I look at people, I do not notice their skin color.
 
Old 07-29-2008, 12:29 AM
 
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Denver, with all due respect, the black population in Denver and Seattle are about the same. I highly doubt that it appears to be more in Denver than Seattle.
well unless u go to tha east side of denver then its way more populated with blacks
 
Old 08-05-2008, 06:07 PM
 
Location: Toronto One day
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Default Black Population in Seattle

Well how is it compared to Vancouver, WA or Portland. I really long to live

in one of these places, instead of the pits of hell they call houston
 
Old 08-09-2008, 09:15 AM
 
Location: Seattle
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Talking AA history in Seattle

Until World War II the small African American population in Seattle was confined by restrictive housing covenants to the Central Area (also CD and colored district). During the war thousands of folks moved from the old south to take war jobs and the CD became a L shaped area starting along Jackson Street, running up to 23rd, then north towards Madison. The eastern boundary was 32nd. Seattle was no better than the rest of American in its treatment of citizens of color. The CD had many well-maintained middle class homes. Students attended either Garfield or Franklin HS and by every account I heard the races got along well there.

In the 60s, things started to warm up with the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement and there were many instances of violence which the Seattle PD responded to, sometimes quite severely. The big turning point was the open housing ordinance in 1968 which allowed many middle class residents to move out of the CD. The area experienced a housing quality downturn and a crime upturn. Other people started moving south into the Rainier Valley and the public housing developments there.

Since then Seattle has had a black mayor, a black county executive, and the CD is being gentrified.

You can find out a lot at HistoryLink.org (broken link).
 
Old 08-09-2008, 08:58 PM
 
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Norm Rice was a very popular Mayor of Seattle, serving two terms, and getting elected and re-elected by wide margins, despite Seattle only having an African American population of about 10%...
Rice was also the last really good Mayor Seattle had, in my opinion.
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