From the “Land of Forgotten Links” files
And there it was, last Thursday, another installment of the “You’re Could Be A Racist” guilt trip article series from the Seattle Times.
Stain of racism still haunts Seattle neighborhoods
The language of segregation still haunts Seattle. It lurks in the property deeds of thousands of homeowners living in neighborhoods outside of the Central and International districts. Many Queen Anne residents, for instance, have this clause in their deeds: “No person or persons of Asiatic, African or Negro blood, lineage, or extraction shall be permitted to occupy a portion of said property … ”
Racial restrictions were routinely added to deeds prior to 1948 and in many neighborhoods prohibited the sale, rental or use of property by Asian Americans and Jews as well as blacks. These covenants have not been legally binding for half a century, but they are an important reminder of deep patterns of residential segregation that have not entirely disappeared.
What do they mean “Not Entirely Disappeared”? Seattle is one of the most diverse cities on the whole damn planet. I’ve lived in the area for the majority of my whole life and I cannot think of one neighborhood that isn’t “Racially Mixed”.
But no, instead of celebrating how far forward we’ve come in “Neighborhood Diversity”, something anyone who wanted to walk through any neighborhood in Seattle would see, James N. Gregory wants to do nothing but fret and focus on the past and use someone’s racism from almost 60 years ago as a crudgel to tell them “You’re not diverse enough yet for me!”
Some people’s children. I bet this guy has a quota system too.