Providence countywide study says prejudice still on the rise
Dakota Reed was arrested at his Monroe home in December for Facebook posts threatening to kill dozens of Jews. On social media, he said his actions were inspired by a larger movement of white nationalism in the country.
That same month, a group of suspected white supremacists allegedly attacked a black DJ in a Lynnwood bar.
And in the past year, fliers and graffiti with swastikas and phrases like “Keep America American” have surfaced throughout Snohomish County and the country.
According to a soon-to-be released annual countywide health survey, acts of discrimination remain on the rise.
“I think it’s very troubling for the region as a whole when you have a climate where these people are using hate to attack others,” Snohomish County NAACP President Janice Greene said of the results compiled by a foundation affiliated with Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. “It affects everyone. It affects the entire community and I think it’s important we let people know.”
The Providence Institute for a Healthier Community started the Health & Well-Being Monitor in 2016 as a way to gauge the community’s health and show the link between six different areas of well-being: work and growth, physical health, neighborhood and environment, relationships, security and mental and emotional health.
In both the 2016 and 2017 surveys, 12 percent of respondents reported facing prejudice during the year. Last year, that number jumped to 26 percent, where it stayed again this year.
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Some local activists and community leaders think they already have a pretty good idea who’s behind the spike — President Donald Trump.
“I do believe the political climate is giving people the confidence they can do what they wouldn’t have done five years ago,” Greene said. “They can say what they wouldn’t have said. They use the excuse of they don’t have to be politically correct. I don’t think they’ve taken into effect the hurtfulness of those comments.”
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