Dear Kathy, I recently found out that you appointed three non-Asians to Assistant Chiefs positions. I felt blindsided and betrayed. You were aware of the Asian Pacific Islanders (API)’s community concerns that there were no APIs on your command staff. Based on your previous history, when you were the Boston police commissioner and appointed an […]
LETTER: SPD diversity dispute (O’Toole responds)
Dear Frank, Wow, that’s really hurtful. I don’t know how people can go from being great pals one day, to a message like this overnight. It really saddens me. I’m also disappointed that you invoked Al’s name. I certainly respected his role as an activist and listened carefully to his perspective during many meetings. One […]
LETTER: Reader supports sugary drinks tax
Dear Editor, Too often I have overheard an adult say to a child, “If you behave, I will reward you with a cola.” We are faced today with public health crises made worse by overconsumption of sugary drinks — Type 2 diabetes, tooth decay, and heart disease. Seattle’s new tax on sugary drinks begins in […]
LETTER: Uwajimaya response
As long time business owners and community members of Seattle and the Chinatown International District, Uwajimaya and the Moriguchi family are fully committed to the well-being of our community, residents, employees, and customers. Our responsibility is not taken lightly, and we thoughtfully scrutinize the business decisions we make, utilizing independent professional experts when needed, to […]
LETTER: A BOLD approach to fighting Alzheimer’s
Dear Editor, Someone in the U.S. develops Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia every 66 seconds. It is time we change our thinking on Alzheimer’s disease. This is a public health issue. Dr. David Satcher, our last U.S. Surgeon General, called it “the most under-recognized threat to public health in the 21st century.” Alzheimer’s is […]
LETTER: The sanitization process of our names
My community coordinator called me into his office, and he said, “You will need to tell the patron not to write his name in Chinese characters, on our sign-in sheet!” I felt confused and upset. Inside, I was steaming, and thought, “Aren’t you Chinese, can’t you read the characters? Go tell that to the customer […]
LETTER: Reader lambasts Bruce Harrell
I was amused to see your headline “Seattle’s First Asian Mayor” referring to Bruce Harrell’s thankfully, all too brief role as interim mayor of Seattle. In your haste to embrace an Asian as mayor, you should know Harrell is actually bi-racial — he is part Japanese and part Black. Secondly, to my knowledge, Harrell has […]
LETTER: Response to “Tax to Target Asians?” article
What a provocative title! It certainly demands the attention of all fair minded people of Asian descent or not. But the article (without byline and therefore free of accountability to an individual) fails to note a significant fact: developers love price inflation. Could it be that Jenny Durkan, in her voiced opposition to Cary Moon’s […]
LETTER: Asian Weekly an easy read for English language learners
I read recently [Assunta Ng’s] article “Want to visit Buckingham Palace?” in the Northwest Asian Weekly. I found it very interesting for two reasons. Its content gives an important glimpse of the customs and traditions of one of the oldest monarchies in the world, and it is so beautifully and smoothly written that when I […]
LETTER: Open letters on ethnicity data
Last week, Asian Counseling and Referral Service joined the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, 77 organizations, 180 community leaders, 105 students, and nearly 500 educators nationwide, in reaffirming our commitment to serve the needs of our very diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. We are deeply troubled by recent opposition expressed to the […]
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