Racism in Northern Idaho? May 12, 2005

We have what we believe to be pretty reliable sources of information from various places. Get this one.We hear that in Moscow, Idaho some folks have opened up a new coffee shop type of place. The proprietors have mentioned that they did this to provide “an alternative” to a couple of other businesses on Main Street. It seems that they want the people of the town to patronize their new shop called The One World Café, because they object to Zume, a bakery/café, and Bucer’s Coffeehouse Pub. While we haven’t been able to certify the objection the One World owners have to these particular competitors, we have been informed that the owners of the other two shops are multi-racial families. Could it be that their objections come from a deep seated racism? Hmmmm? And all of this is occurring in the little town that went berserk over the Wilkins/Wilson booklet on Southern slavery. Perhaps those that objected to the booklet are laying in wait to launch a similar salvo at the One World? We are waiting to see how all this plays out.