What's it like being Black in the Pacific Northwest? Locals discuss in Cultivating Culture panel

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  • Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
  • Cultivating Culture highlights Black innovators who are creating more spaces for community, expanding on the rich culture throughout the Pacific Northwest.
    The latest U.S. census showed the Black population only stands at 4.5%. For many Black transplants, it can be hard to find a community.
    We had a panel discussion with Black transplants and Washingtonians to compare the dynamic of how you see life in the Pacific Northwest, based on where they are from.
    Read the full story here: www.king5.com/...

КОМЕНТАРІ • 64

  • @nunyafawkingbiz
    @nunyafawkingbiz Рік тому +18

    It’s the same if not worse here in Eastern Washington! I’m over the passive aggressiveness ! I miss the warmth of the south! I was driving around today and just got this wave of depression looking at the smoke in the sky and just how I can’t seem to meet any genuine people !!

    • @njv1234
      @njv1234 11 місяців тому +7

      Leave 👍

    • @viewmaster617
      @viewmaster617 10 місяців тому

      spoken like a true bigot @@njv1234

  • @andreatodd459
    @andreatodd459 Місяць тому +4

    I lived in Tacoma and I really like it. I had some issues here and there, but it wasn’t that bad. Now I live in Minnesota and I totally hate it. The racism here is ridiculous. As soon as my son goes off to college, I am moving back to Washington.

  • @richmondwotters
    @richmondwotters 7 місяців тому +22

    As a transplant from Memphis. People out here are soft as hell. Passive aggressive and condescending but the wyte women are VERY freaky for us 😂

    • @otnielaponte9283
      @otnielaponte9283 5 місяців тому +1

      Lmao

    • @eazymoneymane7789
      @eazymoneymane7789 5 місяців тому +4

      Yea man I'm from Texas very passive

    • @richmondwotters
      @richmondwotters 5 місяців тому

      @@eazymoneymane7789 bruh I had a wyte chic from Edmond suc my toes and pay me $500 to pis on her in the shower…and she married 😂😂😂

    • @ChicagoTomahawk-sq3hx
      @ChicagoTomahawk-sq3hx 3 місяці тому +2

      Bro sounds like an incel

    • @richmondwotters
      @richmondwotters 3 місяці тому +1

      @@ChicagoTomahawk-sq3hx cope harder

  • @mychalharris
    @mychalharris Рік тому +9

    Our strongest characteristic is our membership to the "human" tribe. This can be best achieved through embracement of ethnicity while interfacing with all. No rebuilds of damaging legacy pillars.

    • @chinaarlene7035
      @chinaarlene7035 9 місяців тому +5

      Sounds good, but it isn't that black and white. At least if you're principled in your ethnicity.

    • @percyvolnar8010
      @percyvolnar8010 8 місяців тому +2

      @@chinaarlene7035 Bingo!

    • @izqwiz1746
      @izqwiz1746 6 місяців тому +1

      What

  • @PrincessPowerUp
    @PrincessPowerUp 6 місяців тому +6

    Its booboo. Say goodbye to fun, sincere connection, and singing and dancing together. It is nice getting to know various Asians and Mexicans though

  • @andreatodd459
    @andreatodd459 Місяць тому +1

    I lived in Tacoma and I really like it. I had some issues here and there, but it wasn’t that bad. Now I live in Minnesota and I totally hate it. The racism is ridiculous. As soon as my son goes off to college, I am moving back to Washington.

  • @Pricelesspassion
    @Pricelesspassion Рік тому +6

    Its cool you all have had this convo about your city.
    Im from Georgia born and raised and i just arrived here on business.....the first question I asked myself was where the black people.....im interested in what im about to see.

    • @pierrefontecha
      @pierrefontecha 4 місяці тому

      Alot of the Black people have been pushed out by racist uber elite white people..pushed out to the suburbs like Kent, Federal Way, Burien, White Center, Auburn... I think only 4% of the Seattle City Population yet for some reason, there is an over-representation in local Seattle media to help promote a positive image of African-Americans who live here. Mostly, on tv and social media, but walk the streets, peeps, our local media needs to rep our cmty, not just one segment. It would be like occupying 55% of the media to promote Seattle Filipino issues. lmfao. 😂à

  • @percyvolnar8010
    @percyvolnar8010 8 місяців тому +15

    Seattle is every bit as passive-aggressive and racist as youtube's algorithm. XD

  • @tvjh6814
    @tvjh6814 11 місяців тому +6

    This is our land

    • @eazymoneymane7789
      @eazymoneymane7789 5 місяців тому +3

      Indigenous Americans are brown skin aka black Americans

  • @paceyourself5652
    @paceyourself5652 Рік тому +24

    It sucks. I moved to NYC because of this. A lot of covert racism in Washington.

    • @xx5zi
      @xx5zi Рік тому +8

      Since 2016, it's much more overt now.

    • @ckrgksdkrak
      @ckrgksdkrak Рік тому +3

      Yea try atlanta or nyc or dc

    • @paceyourself5652
      @paceyourself5652 Рік тому +2

      @@xx5zi very true, which is the year I moved.

    • @paceyourself5652
      @paceyourself5652 Рік тому +4

      @@xx5zi it’s sad because I remember I very different Washington and nation for that matter growing up. I was in school in the 90’s, 00’s and we all had our differences but I had friends from every background and culture. Things have changed so much in this country

    • @xx5zi
      @xx5zi Рік тому +4

      @@paceyourself5652 We had nearly 5 years, beginning in 2015, where a presidential candidate said it was OK to "open carry" your racism, and they most certainly did.
      Good luck, and stay safe out there, friend.

  • @RynoZ
    @RynoZ 25 днів тому

    Sounds like it's too much work. Internet makes it easier for black folks to unify under a social and business umbrella, but you're still up against a white economy and social dominance. Black on Black support isn't as prevalent as it should be.
    And what's there for us really-entertainment-wise? Family-wise? It's great that the city's political spirit has black allies, yet day-to-day micro-aggression is as standard as anywhere else.

  • @eoleol4750
    @eoleol4750 5 місяців тому +1

    Today is called the information area. I wish I had access in the 80s to the amount of information we have today. I'm Black and tired of seeing videos where Black people move to overly white areas and talk about how shocked they are. Not important. You can proactively organize a gathering. Safety, fairness, opportunity are what is important.

  • @edisonsantana4261
    @edisonsantana4261 4 місяці тому +1

    Low key racist, not many of us (Blacks, Black latinos etc) beautiful state but the passive aggressiveness is ridiculous. Is diverse but weird as hell no lie. I love the south.

  • @boknows8376
    @boknows8376 4 місяці тому +1

    Well ill be up there next month lets see how this goes lol

  • @brandonevans174
    @brandonevans174 9 місяців тому +7

    I’m still trying to get accustomed to Seattle. Seattle is very weird, passive aggressive and I’ve experienced more racism here than I did growing up in Virginia. If my wife and I had kids, I wouldn’t raise them here.

    • @iShowUnusualBehavior
      @iShowUnusualBehavior 7 місяців тому +1

      How so have you experienced racism? I have a job offer outside of Seattle, i know its beautiful out there (especially in the summer). Has lots of outdoor opportunities too. Im 26 single male.

    • @edisonsantana4261
      @edisonsantana4261 4 місяці тому

      So u saying just because there's a lot of job opportunities theres no racist people out there in Seattle. Cute!!! Theyre not so racist after all thats why some weirdos still got the confederate flag outside their homes like is nothing right? But yeah theres no racist people in wa i guess since you just said that ​@iShowUnusualBehavior

    • @brandon9172
      @brandon9172 Місяць тому

      Are you sure its racism? A lot of people who move here have a hard time because they're viewed as outsiders by locals and aren't fully trusted. This has no connection to ethnicity. I see white folk from Cali and Texas get treated far far worse than minorities who are locals. Your kids would have an easier time because they'd be locals.

  • @jacobbaker4545
    @jacobbaker4545 Рік тому +7

    They are not keeping it real.

    • @viewmaster617
      @viewmaster617 10 місяців тому +6

      Facts its much worse than they are depicting it.

    • @iShowUnusualBehavior
      @iShowUnusualBehavior 7 місяців тому

      @@viewmaster617 how so?

    • @viewmaster617
      @viewmaster617 7 місяців тому

      @@iShowUnusualBehavior Based on your channel name I don't need to prove anything to you

    • @iShowUnusualBehavior
      @iShowUnusualBehavior 7 місяців тому

      @@viewmaster617 sorry im not challenging you. I tend to hear 2 opposite opinions about the racism out there. I have a job offer outside of seattle. Pays better more than id make in texas, its beautiful out there and i hear the summers are amazing. I genuinely want more insight on the concerns a single 26 year old college graduate black man should have about living in the pacific northwest.

    • @viewmaster617
      @viewmaster617 7 місяців тому +2

      @@iShowUnusualBehavior I'm telling you now pacific northwest is full of bigotry this is why I'm moving out this summer the people are terrible and everything is beyond expensive

  • @DopeThamacc-cx2bi
    @DopeThamacc-cx2bi 4 місяці тому +1

    Seattle is in white it's just not segregated like most places in the South and the East Coast it's very integrated you grow up with everybody

  • @professionalgrade5999
    @professionalgrade5999 Рік тому +2

    Awesome dialog

  • @WankMyYank
    @WankMyYank 4 місяці тому

    More privilege and crying I’m sure..