my hot take on racism in Seattle

speaking as a POC that moved from the south to here so I’ve encountered many flavors of racism- Seattle loves to proclaim so much about its progressiveness (which to be fair is partially true esp for lgbt and whatnot) but lord people will NOT accept that they still hold racism lol. it’s less aggressive/ in your face here, but the microaggressions are absolutely nuts and there’s a weird uncomfortableness a lot of people exhibit if you dare tell them you’re from a certain state lmfao. I almost would rather someone just accept that they hold outwardly racist beliefs towards me instead of people acting like they don’t and are holier than thou it’s so obnoxious and gives off this sense of superiority