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Why Is Seattle Such a Black Hole?

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Seattle doesn’t want to believe that we have outward bigotry or explicit racism, but we do, and it happens every day.

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  • Seattle doesn’t want to believe that we have outward bigotry or explicit racism, but we do, and it happens every day.

Danielle Henderson’s five ideas to make the city better for people of color is required reading.

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