“One Man’s Opinion” by Gordon Curvey

You know about the incident regarding Seattle Seahawk star Kam Chancellor and his friends having the police called on them in Redmond a suburb of Seattle, for just trying to obtain some information.

Well readers I had a situation similar to the Chancellor and friends incident recently. It happened here in Seattle at Safeco Field home of the Seattle Mariners. My story like the problems in Redmond was truly sad.

I learned the Mariners was holding a press conference at Safeco regarding the hiring of a new manager of the Mariners. As a member of the media I always contacted the Mariners office first to obtain a media pass to enter Safeco to conduct interviews with players on the field.

But this time I decided to go Safeco Field without calling first. I did not think it would be a big deal since the Mariners have known me for years. I was wrong.

When I entered Safeco I was confronted in a VERY VERY angry way by a lady working at the front office of Safeco. She talked to me like I was very unintelligent and stupid. Asking me if I had permission to attend the press conference and snapping at me when I “tried” to talk.

From the start I did not like her tone of voice against me. So soon I had to let her know how I felt. I told her that I did NOT like the way she was talking to me. And told her she was talking to me like I was a “stupid untelligent “N” word”

After I said that, the ladies in the front office called Safeco sucurity on me and I was kicked out of Safeco!!

I found out later the one who talked to me badly was a former radio DJ at KUBE93 who did not like me then. She is Filipino and other lady was white.

So this person used her hatred towards me from her days at KUBE93 to have me kicked out of Safeco. I will not use her name even though I want to.

Yes I was wrong for going the stadium without calling first, but their was no reason for me to talked to in the manner I was talked to. I was saying to myself why was I being treated in the manner?

As I walked to my car after being kicked out of Safeco I knew the main reason I was kicked out was because I was a African American. Number two was because the Mariners knew I wanted to attend the press conference to ask if the Mariners had interviewed any African American to be the new manager.

I am not stupid ladies and gentlemen. The Mariners called me a few days after the incident to apologize on the behalf of the Mariners in the way I was treated.

So in a way, my incident and the Chancellor/friends incident is alike. African Americans being treated in a flat out wrong way. So readers sorry to say, racism is alive and well here in the Pacific Northwest and in America.

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