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 [...]
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 [...]
THE ASIAN COMMUNITY NEEDS TO VOTE FOR DOW CONSTANTINE FOR KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE AS A BLOC AND STOP SUSAN HUTCHISON!!! I strongly suspect that Hutchison has racist attitudes about Asians and other minorities. She complained in a lawsuit about her replacement at KIRO being Asian. THERE IS AN EMAIL COMMENT TO A NEWS ARTICLE that [...]
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. [...]
