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Again, personal thanks to Lester, Ann Goldman, Demi-Monde's publicist who had to jet between here and L.A., and MU NEXT thanks to Karen Harding, proprietor of Cup and Saucer Cafe which we've adopted as the Claire o f the Moon Cafe, for all their double lattes and rice krispie cakes and taking such good care of Trish, Annie, me and the rest. Nicole Conn Portland Stunned and betrayed lennifer F. 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You w a n t so m eo n e h o n e st a n d open w ho w ill give y o u all o f th e in fo rm atio n , a n d stro n g ly re p re s e n ts y o u r n e e d s in se llin g a n d b u y in g n e g o tia tio n s. ✓ Enthusiasm; A fte r y o u 'v e b ro w s e d th r o u g h y o u r m e m o rie s a n d im ag in a tio n a n d you know you w a n t to see g ro w in g th in g s a n d clouds, y o u r a g e n t should be d ev o tin g tim e a n d e n e rg y to fin d in g h o m es w ith w indow s, g a rd e n s a n d view s. M a k in g a m ove b rin g s u p lo ts o f em o tio n , y ou w a n t so m eo n e to re sp o n d to y o u r id e a s. ✓ Experience; You w a n t so m eo n e w ho w o rk s for a n e x c e lle n t com pany: a seaso n ed , e d u c a te d , flexible p e rso n w ho k n o w s th e b u sin e ss, a n d w ho carefu lly in fo rm s you o f e v e ry te rm a n d e v e ry choice. S o m eo n e w ho w a lk s you th ro u g h ev ery s te p from e a r n e s t m o n ey to re c o rd in g , from b u y dow ns to locks, th ro u g h th e w hole tra n s a c tio n . ✓ "I'm in the real estate business for GOOD!" LIN M c D o w ell ,MBA (5 0 3 ) 220-1144 • 299-0556 FA X 2264*227 7/fP RealtvGwup «C, To the Editor: I am aghast. I am stunned. I am confused. I am betrayed. For the six years I ’ve lived in Portland, I ’ve regarded Just Out as a responsible community voice. I haven’t always agreed with positions you have taken, but have perceived them as respon sible. Now the June “ Just th in k ” by A riel Water worn an has me boggled. While certainly a strongly worded article, I can support the vast majority of what she wrote. But the first para graph is so violent, so unjust, so irrational. And it seems a mockery of the beautiful words spoken by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “I have a dream.” Hopefully future issues will guard against such irrational and vicious abuse of the power of the press. Rev. Gary Wilson Portland Bigotry is bigotry is bigotry To the Editor: I have just finished reading the article entitled “I have a dream,” by Ariel Waterwoman on page 18 of the June issue of Just Out. First and foremost, I am outraged that anyone would use the “I have a dream” phrase from one of Dr. King’s most powerful and moving speeches, as the title for something as negative and as hateful as the article to which I refer. Dr. King’s dream, which many of us are trying to keep alive, was about inclusiveness, harmony and love. The dream expressed on page 18 of the June issue of Just Out is full of vitriol and venom, not one inclusive, harmonious or loving vision is contained therein. How dare you use the words of a great leader in the movements for justice, equality and peace as the introduction to your mean spirited article. That anyone would call for the forced steriliza tion of any group of people, as is called for in the first paragraph of this diatribe, is appalling. To preface that hateful call with the “I have a dream” phrase is to demean all that Dr. King and many of the rest of us have stood and struggled for. Read ing the hatred expressed in that one line, I heard the voice of Adolph Hitler and saw men in white hoods. In Just Out, the paper which calls for equality in the acceptance of lesbians and gay men, I read that a LESBIAN believes it is OK to participate in the cycle of violence and hatred to which we so adamantly object when we arc its victims. Yes, there is racism, sexism and homophobia in America, it is part of our culture, it is what we do, it is what we be. Yes, there is anger in America, it is one of the few emotions respected by this culture just as violence is a behavior this culture respects. Yes. I want it to slop and I work towards that end almost every day. But I know that hatred will not win the world I want to see, one free of the false divisions among us. I thought the folks at Just O ut knew that too. How dare Just Out, a major voice for the lesbian and gay community in Oregon, use its pages to promote bigotry then expect fair and equitable treatment from others? It is inappropri ate to use this newspaper as a vehicle for personal anger and hatred. Shame on you Just Out, shame on you Ariel Waterwoman, bigotry is bigotry is bigotry. Kathleen Saadat Portland Talking to each other To the Editor: This is a hard letter to write. I am a European- American woman, raised in “ American” culture, which means I am racist, having learned racism along with the other cultural myths in our society. I have been doing anti-racist work on a personal level for some years, and realize I still have a long ways to go to be a true ally to people of color. I usually feel that an appropriate response to expressions of anger by people o f color is respect ful attention or, at the very least, silence. But I have to respond to Ariel W aterwoman’s “I have a dream” article. I understand that any white re sponse to people of color is loaded with emotional baggage, and it’s impossible for me to escape my white privilege. Yet not to respond at all seems even more disrespectful and divisive. I looked through this article’s list of global instances of white supremacy for the “one simple thing that [I] can do every day which will help stop racism.” It wasn’t there. Implying that complex problems have simple solutions, that somehow if we all just become aware o f these things, we would renounce white supremacy and stop being racist, is not helpful to anyone. If it were simple to end oppression, most o f us would be doing it already. The things I ’m doing, few of which are simple, to address the problems I see certainly do not mean that I ’m no longer racist or that I have no further responsibility to the planet to end white supremacy. But attacking European-Americans, many of whom are struggling to find ways to be allies, only perpetuates the old game and further divides us, to the delight of those in power. This letter is part o f my struggle to fight the racism within, and to link it with my struggle against internalized oppression: sexism, classism, and heterosexism. We do have to deal with the legacy of racism and white supremacy, and the pain that it causes us all. But I hope we don’t lose sight of the goal of working together to end these evils. The means we use to get to social justice are important in themselves. The means shapes the end. We need to find ways to talk to each other. Sylvan Rainwater Portland Ju s t Outis not helpful To the Editor: In re c e n t issu e s o f J u s t O ut (Ariel Waterwoman) has expressed several strong opin ions about racism and violence in our commu nity. I have found some of the ideas to be poorly thought out and unconnected to any political analysis, but I figured they at least stimulated some o f us to think. (She has) gone way off the deep end with the article entitled, “I have a dream.’ (June 1992) and I am writing to say that this article is NOT helpful, useful, or acceptable in a newspa per which represents me. This kind of “eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth thinking is so reactionary and out of step with the pulse of the lesbian and gay community and the greater Portland progressive community that I