Boston Mayor Michelle Wu did not apologize for having a racially segregated party. Instead, she apologized because one of her employees accidentally invited white people.
Mayor Wu’s Boston City Council holiday party invitations draw criticism
An email went out to all city councilors about a holiday party on Tuesday, when it was only meant for minority elected officials
By Eli Rosenberg
December 13, 2023
It was a festive atmosphere at the last scheduled Boston City Council meeting of the year on Wednesday. There were gifts, smiles and even group pictures. But there was also tension over a holiday party not everyone on the council was invited to.
“I don’t get offended. You don’t want me at a party, I am not going to come to the party,” outgoing City Councilor Frank Baker said.
It all started with an email sent out by a city employee on Tuesday on behalf of Mayor Michelle Wu, inviting all city councilors to an “Electeds of Color Holiday Party” being held Wednesday night. About 15 minutes later, the same staffer sent out an email apologizing for sending out the invite to all city councilors. The mayor said the party is just intended for minority elected officials.
“There are many, many events that are private events for all different sorts of groups, so we’ve clarified that and look forward to seeing everyone at one of the dozens of other opportunities to celebrate the holidays together,” Wu said Wednesday, just hours before the party.
“I think we all have been in a position at one point where an email went out and there was a mistake in the recipients, so there was truly just an honest mistake that happened in issuing the invitation,” she added.
Wu said the “Electeds of Color Holiday Party” has been held for more than a decade without any issues.
After Wednesday’s City Council meeting, two councilors attending the event defended the party.
“It is not at all divisive, it is creating spaces for people, and communities and identities with shared experiences to come together,” said Ruthzee Louijeune, Boston city councilor-at-Large. “We are still breaking barriers and it is so important for us to carve out and create that space.”
Outgoing City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo agreed
“I think someone wanted to make this inflammatory, and they have clearly succeeded — I have two microphones in my face asking me about an annual holiday party and whether or not I should care about their feelings that there is a holiday party for people of color they weren’t invited to because they don’t share those experiences,” he said.
“The fact of the matter is much-to-do about nothing in terms of having a holiday party,” Arroyo added. “In no way is it supposed to be divisive, causing any friction, and in my experience most of my colleagues are aware the EOC exists.”
Baker, who attended his last scheduled city council meeting on Wednesday, said the party sends the wrong message for a council long plagued by infighting.
“I think the holidays is a time for people, everybody, to get together, so we will see what happens,” Baker said. “I do find it divisive, but what are you going to do about it?”
Democrats are the party of slavery, segregation, and the KKK
http://dailycaller.com/2015/07/10/the-democrats-are-the-party-of-slavery-segregation-and-the-kkk/
Democrats are the party of slavery, segregation, and the KKK
July 10, 2015
As we watch the Confederate flag being brought down in South Carolina (and being brought up by Nancy Pelosi, in a characteristically cynical and underhanded ploy), it’s worth taking a look at the racist history of the Democratic Party. They own that stupid flag, which is why they keep trying to pin it on the Republicans.
Courtesy of the great Bill Whittle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wz_0utCrm0
Ahhh, facts. Lefties hate those things!
Yeah, the Great Party Switch of the 1960s is horsecrap. The Democrats have always been the party of racism. Now they’re just better at lying about it.
The Civil War was just a dress rehearsal. Now the Democrats have figured out how to really tear America apart.
White liberal protester to black cop: you don’t understand racism
In the video below, despite the fact that the black police officer tells the liberal protestor that he grew up in Jackson Mississippi where blacks and whites had separate bathrooms, and blacks had to sit in the back of the bus, the liberal protestor tells him that he does not understand racism.
At 1:24, the protestor says:
“You are a black man. You are kept down by your race even if you won’t accept it. It is a fact of your life.”
At 1:59 the protestor says:
“You’re a black man. You will never reach the same pinnacle as a white man in this system because you are black.”
Both of her comments sound horribly mean and condescending.
Also, while saying both of these things, the protestor sounds like she is angry at the police officer. She seems to be mad at him because what he says is the opposite of the politically correct things that she thinks all black people are supposed to say. She seem to have tremendous difficulty in dealing with the fact that black people have diversity in their opinions.
The police officer then goes on to say that he does volunteer work to help children of “my community,” which he says includes all races. The protestor then criticizes him because he considers his “community” to include all races, and she says that he should focus on helping the “black community” instead.
The protestor says she is a U.C.L.A. student and her conversation with him is part of her research. But a legitimate researcher would never argue with the subject whom she is researching. Her so-called “research” is really just an attempt to “prove” that her pre-conceived notions are true, and she is not willing to accept any evidence to the contrary. The real world experience of this black police officer does not conform to the protestor’s theories, and so she has a tremendous amount of difficulty with accepting what he is saying.
As far as her claim that a black man “will never reach the same pinnacle as a white man in this system,” I wonder how she would explain that Barack Obama, a black man, is the most powerful person in the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWqMYqFI2tg
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