Boston is Blacker Than You Think
Into America
Trymaine Lee, MS NOW
4.6 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The British Racism is so bad white people left. |
| 0:07.0 | They want it to be free. |
| 0:11.0 | Free to create their own kind of racism. |
| 0:14.0 | That's why they invaded Australia, South Africa and Boston. |
| 0:20.0 | Boston is known for a lot of things. |
| 0:24.0 | Throwing tea into a harbor, sports dynasties, liberal politics, |
| 0:29.0 | American and racism. |
| 0:32.0 | It's even become a punchline in popular culture. |
| 0:36.0 | Whether seriously or thrown around as a joke, |
| 0:38.0 | Boston is often referred to as one of the most racist cities in America. |
| 0:43.0 | New England Patriots versus the Atlanta Falcons. |
| 0:46.0 | I just want to relax, turn my brain off, |
| 0:49.0 | and watch the blackest city in America beat the most racist city I've ever been to. |
| 0:53.0 | In 2017, the Boston Globe surveyed black people from across the country, |
| 1:02.0 | asking which major city was most unwelcoming. |
| 1:05.0 | Boston topped the list. |
| 1:08.0 | And in many ways, the city has earned this reputation. |
| 1:12.0 | There were the infamous riots against school integration in the 70s. |
| 1:16.0 | But the crowd just kept shouting, bust them back to Africa. |
| 1:20.0 | When white communities violently opposed the busing of black kids in the white schools. |
| 1:26.0 | A few minutes later, the police moved in. |
| 1:38.0 | Then there's Boston's racial wealth gap, which isn't just extreme. |
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