Boston Mayor Michelle Wu remains unapologetic for her decision to host a holiday party on Wednesday at which only âelecteds of colorâ were welcome.
âI am honored to be a part of this group,â she told the media outside Parkman House, the city-owned building where the party was held. âIt is a long-standing affinity group that has grown in recent years here in Boston, Massachusetts.â
Wuâs only admission of fault for the racially segregated party was for the fact that her aide, Denise DosSantos, unintentionally invited white members of Bostonâs City Council to the party before subsequently uninviting them on account of their race. âIt was one of those emails that weâve all sent at one point or another,â Wu said, smiling.
Frank Baker, a member of city council who was excluded from the party because he is white, voiced his displeasure with Wuâs party. âI do find it divisive, but what are you going to do about it. You donât want me at a party, Iâm not going to come to a party,â Baker told WHDH.
Wuâs failure to recognize the inherent problem with a holiday party that specially excludes people of a certain race is completely in line with how she usually conducts herself. She has long been a radical racial activist who employs the divisive framework that categorizes people as either âoppressorsâ or âoppressed.â
After the death of George Floyd, Wu, at the time a member of Bostonâs City Council and a mayoral candidate, undertook a mission to âdemilitarizeâ the cityâs police force in the name of racial justice. This involved taking away the police departmentâs means of using force. On her mayoral campaign website, Wu stated: âIt is all too clear that our cityâs public safety structures have not kept all of us safe, particularly our Black residents. We must take concrete steps to dismantle racism in law enforcement by demilitarizing the police, banning weapons like tear gas and rubber bullets and practices like no-knock warrants that endanger our residents of color.â She later asserted, âWe donât need that equipment; we need resources for community-building & peace.â
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