I see that Alaska Dispatch News asks comments to be "On-topic, and avoid personal insults, harassment and abuse".  Unfortunately Emmanuel Goldstein's intro to his comments fell grossly short of that guideline.  To start out a description with "Chuck was a white guy from out of state" is an ugly form of racism by using the color of ones skin as a form of identification and derision.  Alaskans should watch their backs, but it should be from people who view the world from a racist vantage point regardless of what race or perceived race they are attacking.

Chuck was 1/4 Cherokee Indian and when growing up was hardly considered a "White Guy".  He came to Alaska in the mid 1950's to work on the White Alice system construction, hardly a new arrival to the state by any reasonable measure.  4 of his 5 children were born in Alaska and a majority of them still live here raising families of their own and working to grow this fine State.