Kshama Sawant to become Seattle's first socialist City Council member

"I have been waiting for this day all my life" -African-Americans on the election of Barack Obama in 2008.


"I have been waiting for this day all my life, too" -my reaction on the election of Sawant to the Seattle City Council

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from Kiro-TV:
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Conlin-concedes-Sawant-wins--232133551.html


Wonderful news.  Conlin concedes Friday evening.

Socialism is not a dirty word.   Yes. tax the rich and super-rich.   And take Comcast to court for price-gouging.

http://www.king5.com/news/politics/Extended-interview-Kshama-Sawant-232121181.html


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Kshama, help us change the racial politics of Seattle.

As she represents the Central Area, among other places, I hope that she will address, as The Stranger so courageously pointed out time after time, the problem of racial inequity there (African-Americans commit disproportionately high numbers of unspeakably violent crime).

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Bail-set-at-350K-for-teen-accused-in-Metro-robberies--233548481.html#comments

I am hoping that she will state that encouraging minorities to wallow in self-pity, false pride, and self-righteousness* is not helpful to anyone at all--except for demagogues.

She undoubtedly is aware of the fate of one of her own countrymen a few years ago--Manish Melwani, who worked in a 7-11 in Ballard and was shot to death by a young African-American, in a robbery.

Manish Melwani

* As in "We were oppressed for over 200 years; we are oppressed; and we will be oppressed (until we overthrow our 'masters.'"  I've got a megaphone to make my point.