(06-11-2020, 04:30 PM)jj82284 Wrote:

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(06-11-2020, 04:25 PM)mikesez Wrote: Indeed racism is not nearly as big of an issue in the Pacific Northwest.
The national protests have created an opportunity for these folks in Seattle to stake their claim.
But their issue is gentrification, housing policy, rent control, Not really racism as much. If you can stomach to read their little manifesto, you will see that clearly.
Housing policy is all out of whack all over the West coast.
Taking over police stations and writing manifestos won't fix it, but it is a legitimate issue.

The state creates a problem
People get mad
People demand the state creates a bigger problem
Rinse & repeat

Relaxing zoning laws would be the better solution. 
But
1) that's historically not the federal government's role
2) that would change the character of these neighborhoods they're trying to preserve even more.

In short, as Floridians, this is not our circus, not our monkeys, and there is not much to learn by example here. We don't have these problems in Florida.

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