Boston Mayor Marty Fakes Moves at Real Anti-Racism Reform

Kevin C. Peterson
3 min readOct 14, 2020
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is bewielderedly mired in the morass of Boston racism. (Photo Credit: The Boston Herald)

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was fooling no one yesterday— especially Blacks in the city — when he stepped to the podium at city hall to suggest he was interested in addressing systemic racism.

Implicit in Walsh’s latest policy ploy is the intimation he has long been concerned about the festering presence of systemic racism that has been a fixture in his administration…

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Kevin C. Peterson

Kevin Peterson is founder of the New Democracy Coalition and Convener of the Fanueil Hall Race and Reconciliation Project. He is a social and cultural critic.