The HIDMO

10min documentary on the gentrification of Seattle's Central District. This video focuses on the recent targetting of the Hidmo Eritrean Cuisine restaurant.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• hidmo
• pinay
• seattle
• central
• district
• hiphop
• nonprofit
• community
• activism

[terrone1981]

No, communities should stay communities, where all people are welcome, not bourgeois consumerist fads where people don't even know each other. This is true not just of the CD; Queen Anne used to be very different, actually the whole society used to be much different. Don't worry though, things will change, Wall Street is digging its own grave, but the gov't (tax payers) is bailing it out. I thought this country was we the people, not we the corporations. We have to regain our dignity.

[terrone1981]

I'm assuming you know what bourgeois means, and what a "consumerist" is. Now, when you take these superficial attitudes, you take away community spirit, because one's worth is based on their possessions and not on their love of one another. Consumerism pits people against each other, creating an adverserial spirit where people compete with one another based on their income, flaunting wealth, etc. When you have people competing based on money, they lose their human value.

[theCptNoNo]

I am white. I moved here since I am poor. Would you rather have a drug dealer next store? How about you just mind your own business and not worry about it. Racist video by racist people. I'll still hit that restaurant again since the girls are pretty and I like beer. I like saying good morning to people as I walk to the bus stop but if you want to turn your head then you are as bad as those in the South.

[SecularTechnology]

You act like this is a bad thing. People acting like primate, should stay that away according to you.

[Jayonesgirl]

So good to see this film (help me out, you got skills!) and my community activist friends Rahwa, Lulu, Lynn Sereda, Ron Boddie and Amma (orcamommi!) all with great contributions to this work. I know the backstory and I salute you and stand with you wholeheartedly.

[yewtoobdewd]

In Chicago we have the gentrification issue too. I wonder if any of you that oppose it have ever been to a bad neighborhood, singled out and mugged for not "belonging" there. After that happens would you still oppose it? So it's a part of the city I wasn't raised in,I have no right to be there and this is acceptable?I'm probably gonna get the same rhetorical "governments fault...societal issue bla bla" responses, but how bout individuals take blaim for destroying neighborhoods. They R2blaim

[Youradumbassbarnes]

They are actually trying to stop the higher income whites from takeing over the black ghettoes, hence the crime stays

[mimitherino]

If you had watched the video you would have realized that the whole point of Hidmo is to unite the community and instill a welcome to ALL residents. I don't see how that is promoting communities to "stay poor and crime ridden."

[terrone1981]

I feel the change and the lack of being welcome, that's clear, but I think both sides are being very vague as to what is "happening on the corner." Do the protesters just not want to see black youth "hanging out," something that is frowned upon in American society, where people are obligated to: be making money, watching TV or isolating yourself from each other, or spending money to support corporations. After living outside of Seattle for years, I think the anti-racist white group is pathetic.

[boognish1975]

i'm sorry i don't understand the term "bourgeois consumerist fads". could you please explain?