but it also is a city with a non-white majority, and i was there last night at election headquarters for michelle wu and to see her standing at that podium with the american flak behind her and a group of people that looked nothing like the stereo typical version of what we see as boston, and her boys looking up at her and wondering if a boy could be mayor. she said when she was a young girl she never saw any reflections of herself in the halls of power, and to see her assume this, get the handoff from kim janney, such a remarkable night. and janae, kim janney told you in your article, this is her quote, she said, i never even imagined i would see a black mayor in my lifetime in the city of boston. and there she was herself, the first black mayor serving in the city of boston. absolutely. kim janey made history, and
michelle wu is making history, and we re in this amazing moment in boston where we get to have kind of a joy and respite in saying we re moving forward. kim was right, we have a long way to go. we are very much in a tug of war between old parochial boston and the boston that was standing behind michelle wu which despite what america thinks boston is, that is exactly what boston looks like. boston is not a white city. boston is a city that has been complicit in the institution of whiteness. so i m super what is the image of racism in boston now to outsiders, and what is the reality of it compared to the past? i mean, is racism here? absolutely. i was racially profiled by a security guard today. racism is here. it s here in the ways you can see and feel right away.