Not surprising, just outrageous. Seattle showing its true prevalent colours, which have always been there covertly most of the time. Only the progressives truly belong here, everyone else is either excluded or doesn't have a voice, tacitly or not so tacitly. I apologize for this generalization, and I imagine that there are many Seattleites who are not aligned with the radical narrative. It may also be that the exhibit wasn't reopen not necessarily or not only because there was no desire to do so on the part of those who could, nor because those in charge were anti-Jewish (it's nice to be idealistic at times), but because there was fear of the so called "public opinion," which is prevailingly, vociferously radical "progressive."
I've read the article twice and I'm still confused. Who is this 'vendor' who put a stop to it all? Sounds like all parties were willing and then the historical society blinked. A better explanation is owed to all. Of course the Wing Luke Museum should have fired all those employees who protested. Unfortunately, the museum caved, but the historical society should have held out until justice was done. In this case, justice delayed was justice denied. Note to Emily - you really should submit a guest editorial to the Seattle Times about this.
Thank you Julia and Emily. The WSJHS very much wants to show this exhibit. We will be showing the exhibit to our community in September. Stay tuned for more information at wsjhs.org when it becomes available. We are grateful for all the support that the Washington State Jewish Historical Society has received.
None of us can write public letters or email our protests without knowing all the facts. It's wrong of both the Historical Society and Wing Luke not to tell us what actually happened.
Yes, a clear recitation of the facts surrounding the the termination of the Wing Luke event is necessary. So far, it seems that the Wing Luke employees wilfully shut down the scheduled presentation by walking off the job. And, Wing Luke may have capitulated to the emloyees by not firing them and not timely rescheduling the event in the manner initially planned. If the WA Jewish Historical Society has not yet done so, it should consult with legal counsel to see whether the employees tortiously interfered with the Society's contract with Wing Luke and whether Wing Luke itself breached the contract. The WA Jewish Historical Society, and Seattle's Jewish community, shouldn't allow this outrageous injustice to go unpunished. The WA Jewish Historical Society should attempt to recover the financial losses it has suffered.
With all these staff walkouts and protests and then the organizational capitulation to the walkouts and protests, I keep wanting to know who the organization thinks it needs to be accountable to. Are the staff of the Wing Luke Museum owed either jobs or ideological alignment by the Wing Luke Museum? How many staff are we talking? The majority or just a vociferous minority? And did they reach any sort of staff consensus on this or take any other procedural measures to account for staff that were maybe even opposed to the premises behind the walkouts? The protesters always claim the moral high ground but why are they always just taken at their word? All of the real leadership has completely abdicated responsibility.
It was 25-30 staff that walked out. The leaders anticipated some pushback but not the extent it went to. Then they thought they could smooth it over. I don’t know what those conversations looked like but they did remain committed to the exhibit. This is the problem with cultural institutions that have allowed themselves to become political. The leaders think they can dialogue through it and come to some common ground, but they don’t really understand what they’re up against.
Cede the ground to the haters. I respond by thinking about things I love on a scale of 1 to 10. Family is a 10, friends 9, and so on. I love sunsets, hot fudge sundaes, good books, a walk on the beach etc. At the bottom is number 1, spinach and anchovy pizza. To the haters, I say enjoy some spinach and anchovy pizza and be grateful.
Not surprising, just outrageous. Seattle showing its true prevalent colours, which have always been there covertly most of the time. Only the progressives truly belong here, everyone else is either excluded or doesn't have a voice, tacitly or not so tacitly. I apologize for this generalization, and I imagine that there are many Seattleites who are not aligned with the radical narrative. It may also be that the exhibit wasn't reopen not necessarily or not only because there was no desire to do so on the part of those who could, nor because those in charge were anti-Jewish (it's nice to be idealistic at times), but because there was fear of the so called "public opinion," which is prevailingly, vociferously radical "progressive."
I've read the article twice and I'm still confused. Who is this 'vendor' who put a stop to it all? Sounds like all parties were willing and then the historical society blinked. A better explanation is owed to all. Of course the Wing Luke Museum should have fired all those employees who protested. Unfortunately, the museum caved, but the historical society should have held out until justice was done. In this case, justice delayed was justice denied. Note to Emily - you really should submit a guest editorial to the Seattle Times about this.
Thanks Julia. We just don't have all the information yet - but I did edit vendor to venue, which is what I meant. I don't want to speculate too much.
Thank you Julia and Emily. The WSJHS very much wants to show this exhibit. We will be showing the exhibit to our community in September. Stay tuned for more information at wsjhs.org when it becomes available. We are grateful for all the support that the Washington State Jewish Historical Society has received.
None of us can write public letters or email our protests without knowing all the facts. It's wrong of both the Historical Society and Wing Luke not to tell us what actually happened.
Yes, a clear recitation of the facts surrounding the the termination of the Wing Luke event is necessary. So far, it seems that the Wing Luke employees wilfully shut down the scheduled presentation by walking off the job. And, Wing Luke may have capitulated to the emloyees by not firing them and not timely rescheduling the event in the manner initially planned. If the WA Jewish Historical Society has not yet done so, it should consult with legal counsel to see whether the employees tortiously interfered with the Society's contract with Wing Luke and whether Wing Luke itself breached the contract. The WA Jewish Historical Society, and Seattle's Jewish community, shouldn't allow this outrageous injustice to go unpunished. The WA Jewish Historical Society should attempt to recover the financial losses it has suffered.
With all these staff walkouts and protests and then the organizational capitulation to the walkouts and protests, I keep wanting to know who the organization thinks it needs to be accountable to. Are the staff of the Wing Luke Museum owed either jobs or ideological alignment by the Wing Luke Museum? How many staff are we talking? The majority or just a vociferous minority? And did they reach any sort of staff consensus on this or take any other procedural measures to account for staff that were maybe even opposed to the premises behind the walkouts? The protesters always claim the moral high ground but why are they always just taken at their word? All of the real leadership has completely abdicated responsibility.
It was 25-30 staff that walked out. The leaders anticipated some pushback but not the extent it went to. Then they thought they could smooth it over. I don’t know what those conversations looked like but they did remain committed to the exhibit. This is the problem with cultural institutions that have allowed themselves to become political. The leaders think they can dialogue through it and come to some common ground, but they don’t really understand what they’re up against.
Right, because the protesters are actually against common ground.
Cede the ground to the haters. I respond by thinking about things I love on a scale of 1 to 10. Family is a 10, friends 9, and so on. I love sunsets, hot fudge sundaes, good books, a walk on the beach etc. At the bottom is number 1, spinach and anchovy pizza. To the haters, I say enjoy some spinach and anchovy pizza and be grateful.