Tonya Mosley
Stories
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Race & Identity
Finding a (Black) man: Dating woes for Seattle's Black women
In 2002, Seattle Times columnist Jerry Large wrote about the black experience in Seattle in which black women complained about how few black men there were to date. One woman said, "Seattle is hard on black women's dating aspirations."
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Race & Identity
Black Man, White City: 'It's Unnecessarily Stressful'
On a map, Seattle is a blue dot – often described as liberal and tolerant. But it’s not always comfortable for black men who say they experience racial profiling and discrimination.
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Race & Identity
Black In Seattle: 'Perceptions May Be Different Than Reality'
What is the black experience in Seattle?
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Race & Identity
Busing Blues: When Seattle Sent Black Kids To White North End
From 1978, when the busing program started, to 1999, when it was shelved, minorities carried the burden of busing, piling onto buses from the South End and the Central Area that were headed for predominantly white schools in the North End.
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Response To 'Black In Seattle: Struggling To Stay Connected'
Tonya Mosley's Black in Seattle series on KUOW immediately struck a chord with her first piece that asked a fraught question: Where are the black people? For a large and progressive metro area, Seattle actually lags behind other cities and the country as a whole in its black population.
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Race & Identity
'Where Are The Black People?' Struggling To Stay Connected
What is it like to be black in the fifth whitest major city in America? It’s not an easy question to answer. Seattle’s black population hovers around 8 percent, with more leaving every year.