Here’s what’s going on in Boston P1 #bospoli bostonglobe.com/2021/06/07/opi…
They didn’t resign over texts. They resigned because the wages of whiteness were threatening their lives while they were on SC and this further escalated when the texts were released.
To be clear, leaking the texts right before a critical vote on making the new amazing equitable innovative exam school admissions proposal was a TACTICAL move to distract and undermine its success.
In my research I’ve seen this before. This is NOT new. This IS Boston, particularly a stubborn and geographically concentrated (segregated) White community.
When Boston was debating a change to school times, White parents literally arrived in a private coach bus from West Roxbury to the school headquarters in Roxbury. It may not be the bussing story Boston is known for, but it continues to shape policy in education.
I watched white parents assert the weight of their voices because they were “homeowners” and “taxpayers.” I listened to them yell at then Supt @drtommychang to “go back to where you came from.”
I’m so sorry that these two powerful women had to share and relive their own trauma in order to reclaim humanity. They shouldn’t have to. But this racial divide is as old as this city and it’s not getting better if we keep getting upset when POC speak the truth.
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