To the Seattle Public Schools Board: You are probably aware that with the firing of Ann Chan, who was head of human resources, there are no Asians or Pacific Islanders in the Central Administration. This is unacceptable because it does not reflect the diversity of Seattle where Asians and Pacific Islanders are the largest minority [...]
This Letter to the Editor is in response to an Quang Nguyen’s article, “Yesler Terrace Re-Development Will Have No Impact on the ID?“ People who work at Harborview occasionally make the trip to Little Saigon or the International District to enjoy opportunities for lunch and specialty shopping. Making the trip on foot requires some round-about route [...]
A year ago, Captain Lou and his volunteers stepped up to a call to save Little Saigon. Lou, who is retired and is now a hobbyist freelance videographer spent endless hours to meet with youths, elders, and city council members to help me to capture the history of the Little Saigon neighborhood. The City of [...]
To the Editor, In International Examiner Volume 37, No. 11 (June 2, 2010) issue, in Michael Yee’s column, “What’s in a Name?”, he refers to Nihonmachi or Japantown as one of the names used for Seattle’s Asian ethnic neighborhood. Who refers to this district as if it exists today? There was a Japantown prior to [...]
Tomio Moriguchi is a life-long resident of Seattle. He earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Washington in 1961 and joined the family business, Uwajimaya Inc., in 1962 with the passing of his father, Fujimatsu Moriguchi. Tomio is currently its Chairman of the Board. Uwajimaya businesses include three retail Uwajimaya Asian Food & [...]
To the Editor, We watched with repulsion the return of the “Bodies” exhibit to Seattle this fall. We are offended and disgusted at the disingenuous attempt to disguise the commercial displaying of human bodies as “education.” There are ways to educate the general public about the human body and disease without mining dead bodies for [...]
To the Editor: We are dismayed that the organizers of the “Bodies: The Exhibition” have chosen to bring their exhibit back to Seattle. There are ways to educate the general public about the human body and disease without resorting to the mining of dead bodies from overseas for their prurient shock value. We are offended [...]
Last year the Washington State Legislature approved the domestic partnership law (Senate Bill 5688) and in May 2009 Governor Gregoire signed the bill. The domestic partnership law would ensure that all Washington families, including same sex couples and opposite sex older couples, have the same protections, the same rights, and the same obligations as their [...]
Again I write to express my dismay at an article (“HIStory Got It Wrong,” Sept. 2-15, 2009, Vol. 36, No. 17) in which Caroline Li, the writer, quotes her teacher as asking “Why would a white man create something that made work easier for his slaves?” (in reference to the invention of the cotton gin). [...]
Dear IE, The letter written by Hieu Nguyen and Quynh-Tram Nguyen about the plan of the Vietnamese American community (Letter to the Editor, Sept. 2 – Sept. 15, 2009, Vol. 36, No. 17) to take a lead in American civics soon is one I have heard expressed only much more discretely in the past, and [...]
Dear International Examiner, (Re: “Little Saigon Takes a Walk with the Mayor” (Aug. 5 – 18, 2009, Vol. 36, No. 15) by Quang Nguyen. “People in media can help facilitate democracy or participate in its betrayal.” —B.J. Bullert On July 27th, something happened in Seattle’s Little Saigon that didn’t surprise anyone in the Vietnamese community. [...]
Dear Mark D. Fefer, I have been a continual reader of the publications put out every week by the Seattle Weekly. I am usually entertained and interested to see another’s opinion on the hot issues and topics of our lives. However, after reading “Seattle’s Ragin’ Asians” article by Ms. Erika Hobart, I was in complete [...]
Dear International Examiner, Shoplifting is romanticized by some New Wave folklore, but it is a nightmare visited upon poor shopkeepers struggling with labor and medical costs often living in hardship and heartbreak, facing frightening, devestated lives. Amy Lee is mistaken for having taken in with the idea that it is harmless. She can earn forgiveness [...]
