To the Editor:

A friend called to my attention the [editorial] in your [Jan. 23–29 issue] that indicated you thought that Phyllis Wise is a good example of an Asian women who would bring a woman’s perspective to Nike. Read the full story

To the Editor:

As a Chinese immigrant, I must remind immigration advocates that the United States is now the greatest debtor nation in the world due to many of our policies.   Read the full story

To the Editor:

I just read the article “Using Art to End Violence” by April Nishimura in the NWAW [in the Feb. 27-March 5 issue] and was glad to see it. I must agree with Ignacio’s comments about two different identities being complicated. Read the full story

To the Editor:

I read your publication each week with great interest and I was especially excited when I found coverage of the 2010 Washington State Muslims Day at the Capitol in [the Feb. 20–26 issue] of the Northwest Asian Weekly.  Read the full story

To the Editor:

Ron Judd’s article in the Feb. 21 edition of The Seattle Times entitled “Whistler is for Tough Olympians; the Wimps are in Vancouver” should be subtitled “And the Racist is From Seattle.” Mr. Judd’s racism is thinly masked as humor in his sentences referring to Canadian figure skater Patrick Chan. “Thank you, Ms. Manners. Now please go back to your seaweed wraps.” Last time I checked, Patrick was a male name and Chan was a Chinese name. Read the full story

To the Editor:

As a long time Seattle resident of 60 years, I am quite upset by the nighttime scene in the International District (or as we still call it, Chinatown). I have to physically protect my 90-year-old husband, and he protects me, from the evil lurking on so many corners.

By this, I mean the drug dealing and the aggressive begging by the addicts. I have stop coming to our favorite Chinese restaurant at night and will only go during the day. This reminds us of the last time we were turned away in Vancouver’s Chinatown at 5 minutes to 9 pm as they closed down due to the dangerous nighttime situation.

There is a new mayor in town, and we need to talk about this. I will do so to all the media as well as the mayor to protect my town and Chinatown from becoming another Vancouver Chinatown.

— Teresa Eisenberg, Seattle

To the Editor:

Finally, a more balanced perspective about the Provost’s Nike board service [in the editorial from the Jan. 23–29 issue].

The press on leaders so frequently highlights high profile negative cases, and while I don’t know the Provost well, I do know that not all administrators are evil, greedy sycophants. The reality is that many folks who ascend into these difficult, top University leadership roles actually do so with a deep commitment to stewardship of the institution.

Provost Wise’s Nike appointment has been an easy target for critics, particularly in these despairing economic times. But if what the editorial suggests is true, that Wise has donated all her board earnings to date to UW scholarship endowments, I say, good for her.

I hope she can influence the Nike Corporation to find a stronger social conscience as well.

— Michael Copland, UW associate professor and chair of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

To the Editor:

I read, with interest, your editorial, “Wise’s decision not-so-wise? We disagree,” (in the Jan. 23–29 issue). Read the full story

To the Editor,

I read [Mark Lee’s] Nov. 21 column on George W. Bush and Ehren Watada (“Bush and Watada: two intertwining stories”).  I whole-heartedly agree with [Lee’s] column comments, and I find this amazing, as I know nothing about [him]. I am grateful for the published statement that … the courage of one’s convictions can make a difference. Read the full story

To the Editor:

Maybe one of these days, rather than celebrating “Asian Americanism,” we could maybe, just maybe, not need to point out achievement based on racism. Would you be offended if we had a Northwest White Weekly? Be honest and think about it. Read the full story

To the Editor:

[In the Dec. 26, 2009–Jan. 1, 2010] issue, I read about the man who sued for being called a communist and it bothers me because the communist party is usually a law-abiding political party, and it is not a criminal attack to call someone a communist. Read the full story

To the Editor:

In the Dec. 26, 2009–Jan. 1, 2010 issue, I was appalled to read (again) of Judge Mamiya’s lapse in judgment.  Read the full story