Gawker and Deadspin writer aims to rank the country's most racist cities—and Boston is at the top of his list.
Earlier this month, a writer at Deadspin named Boston as the second-most racist city in the United States. As evidence, writer Drew Magary noted only that he knew a handful of people from Quincy, one of whom “referred to black people as ‘colored’ people.” But our fair city could get bumped out of the top five. Magary, posting on Gawker, has asked the public to help him rank the country’s most racist cities. Each city in question get a miniature profile, and Boston’s—which posted Tuesday—includes some damning anecdotes. Among them, the busing crisis of 1974, the fact that the Red Sox were the last integrated team in baseball and the racist taunts slung by Bruins fans at a black NHL player, Joel Ward, earlier this year. On the other hand, …
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Sally
6:15 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
I grew up in Boston, but have lived in the DC area for most of my adult life. I have traveled to Atlanta a lot for business. I have also traveled for personal reasons to more than 20 countries, and to many states. Everytime I return to Boston to visit I am amazed at the obvious segregation that still exisits. Even more disturbing is the attitudes that are so unchanged. Just walking down the … more ›