Comments on: New youth-sports training program, dine-out fundraiser, choir tryouts, more for your West Seattle Tuesday https://westseattleblog.com/2024/10/new-youth-sports-training-program-dine-out-fundraiser-choir-tryouts-more-for-your-west-seattle-tuesday/ West Seattle news, 24/7 Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:49:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Marnie https://westseattleblog.com/2024/10/new-youth-sports-training-program-dine-out-fundraiser-choir-tryouts-more-for-your-west-seattle-tuesday/#comment-2591190 Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:49:34 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=1103890#comment-2591190 The 16th/Holden “demonstrators” continuing to participate in their problematic self-aggrandizing is just wild to me. If you’re one of the people out there for over 4 years doing the same thing or one of the people out there honking your horn for the last four years, here’s some thoughts from a Black voice in the PNW about this performative stuff:https://www.kuow.org/stories/hasaan-hates-portland-humorously-depicts-the-benevolent-racism-of-the-northwestThat’s the theme of filmmaker Mischa Webley’s new web series, “Hasaan Hates Portland,” starring Hasaan Thomas. The show satirically depicts the mundane, everyday experiences of a Black man living in America’s whitest (big) city.“Your life matters!” A group of white people aggressively shout at Hasaan in the show’s trailer.It’s also really annoying to all of us who live here, including many POC, and have to listen to it. Do better.

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