A Seattle Man Demands Attention from a Beggar

by Charles Mudede
The other day, while walking down a stretch of Third Avenue that's between Pike and Union streets, I saw a youngish and handsomely dressed white man stop by a middle-aged white woman who was sitting on the sidewalk. In front of the woman was a large brown paper cup. Her head was turned down. Her cup was asking for money. The youngish man took a five-dollar bill out of his wallet, and looked down on the woman. She clearly did not care if he was there or not. She was in her own w