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Anonymous wrote:What Would Happen If A white Mayor Held A Party For Only white Elected Officials?

Interesting question. Here are some possibilities:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/what-would-happen-if-a-white-mayor-held-a-party-for-only-white-elected-officials

It would be easily defended using the same standard Boston POC "electeds" used:

“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, a Boston city councilor at-large. “We are still breaking barriers and it is so important for us to carve out and create that space.”


Ruthzee: do you employ dishonest double standards, or not?

One mishap by some idiot in Boston isn't comparable to the thousands of years of abuse minorities throughout the world have experienced at the hands of their oppressors.

It's not a mishap. It's racism by democrats. Just like the anti-semitism by democrats. Stop trying to talk your way out of it. There is no rationalization for this.

Okay so it's somewhere between a mishap and racism. Still not a big deal. No one was hurt. I wasn't invited and could care less.

You’re not a member of the city council.

How do you know other people weren’t hurt by this obvious snub? How dare you assign feelings to other people.

Children are dying of starvation all of this world and you think I'm worried about some council member in Boston having their feelings hurt due to not being invited to a party? I'm not

Here’s the thing. No one cares what you think. Your opinion is completely irrelevant.

The taxpayers and city council memo of Boston do care.

Do you live in Boston? I don't and I don't care about their city council or any privileged nut jobs having their feelings hurted cause they weren't invited to a party. Do you know what children in Israel, Gaza, and Ukraine are going through right now? Get over it.

Uh, no, and while it's not nearly the same as other racism that POCs have gone through or what the GOP does every day, it's definitely not a good look. And suggesting we get over it is like suggesting POCs get over every "microaggression" or racist exclusionary act that someone has done to them, capeesh? You want DEI, then start acting like it.

Ok Karen. I'm sorry you weren't invited to the party because you are white. You are special, you are somebody, and you should have been invited.

Hahaha. You think that? Nope. Don't care about the party. I'm sorry if you're a little snowflake caught up in DEI concerns (which, by and large, are overseen by white progressives rather than, you know, diverse groups (the irony!) )and then, see an ostensibly progressive mayor and council turn around and do the opposite. It's exclusionary on the basis of race. I'm not special and would never profess to be. What I am though is asking for actual inclusion - you know, inviting people to party or doing something together because you like hanging out with them, not because they meet a proscribe racial profile. I clearly hit nerve though because you don't like having to answer for this kind of hypocrisy.

interesting you never asked to be included during the previous white mayors. But you are suddenly offended when a non-white became the mayor.

You must have failed your colonialist reading comprehension (i.e., Western) classes because I never said that. I was proud that Boston elected an Asian woman to the office and in particular, because of her platform rather than anything having to do with her identity (because you know, we're electing people to govern based on their policies not just based on what race/ethnicity/gender they are, right?). I find the intolerance on the left insufferable because it's tow the line, group-think, where you reduce everyone to their gender/race/ethnicity/religion/etc. rather than examine nuance or understand people as individuals and their lived experience. Racism is real. Oppression is real. However, I think some of you derive some sick pleasure telling others than they're wrong, and that they're "colonizers" while turning a blind to your own shortcomings in the very arena in which you castigate others.

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Anonymous wrote:What Would Happen If A white Mayor Held A Party For Only white Elected Officials?

Interesting question. Here are some possibilities:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/what-would-happen-if-a-white-mayor-held-a-party-for-only-white-elected-officials

It would be easily defended using the same standard Boston POC "electeds" used:

“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, a Boston city councilor at-large. “We are still breaking barriers and it is so important for us to carve out and create that space.”


Ruthzee: do you employ dishonest double standards, or not?

One mishap by some idiot in Boston isn't comparable to the thousands of years of abuse minorities throughout the world have experienced at the hands of their oppressors.

It's not a mishap. It's racism by democrats. Just like the anti-semitism by democrats. Stop trying to talk your way out of it. There is no rationalization for this.

Okay so it's somewhere between a mishap and racism. Still not a big deal. No one was hurt. I wasn't invited and could care less.

You’re not a member of the city council.

How do you know other people weren’t hurt by this obvious snub? How dare you assign feelings to other people.

Children are dying of starvation all of this world and you think I'm worried about some council member in Boston having their feelings hurt due to not being invited to a party? I'm not

Here’s the thing. No one cares what you think. Your opinion is completely irrelevant.

The taxpayers and city council memo of Boston do care.

Do you live in Boston? I don't and I don't care about their city council or any privileged nut jobs having their feelings hurted cause they weren't invited to a party. Do you know what children in Israel, Gaza, and Ukraine are going through right now? Get over it.

Uh, no, and while it's not nearly the same as other racism that POCs have gone through or what the GOP does every day, it's definitely not a good look. And suggesting we get over it is like suggesting POCs get over every "microaggression" or racist exclusionary act that someone has done to them, capeesh? You want DEI, then start acting like it.

Ok Karen. I'm sorry you weren't invited to the party because you are white. You are special, you are somebody, and you should have been invited.

Hahaha. You think that? Nope. Don't care about the party. I'm sorry if you're a little snowflake caught up in DEI concerns (which, by and large, are overseen by white progressives rather than, you know, diverse groups (the irony!) )and then, see an ostensibly progressive mayor and council turn around and do the opposite. It's exclusionary on the basis of race. I'm not special and would never profess to be. What I am though is asking for actual inclusion - you know, inviting people to party or doing something together because you like hanging out with them, not because they meet a proscribe racial profile. I clearly hit nerve though because you don't like having to answer for this kind of hypocrisy.

interesting you never asked to be included during the previous white mayors. But you are suddenly offended when a non-white became the mayor.

You must have failed your colonialist reading comprehension (i.e., Western) classes because I never said that. I was proud that Boston elected an Asian woman to the office and in particular, because of her platform rather than anything having to do with her identity (because you know, we're electing people to govern based on their policies not just based on what race/ethnicity/gender they are, right?). I find the intolerance on the left insufferable because it's tow the line, group-think, where you reduce everyone to their gender/race/ethnicity/religion/etc. rather than examine nuance or understand people as individuals and their lived experience. Racism is real. Oppression is real. However, I think some of you derive some sick pleasure telling others than they're wrong, and that they're "colonizers" while turning a blind to your own shortcomings in the very arena in which you castigate others.

+1 Truth beautifully stated.

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Anonymous wrote:What Would Happen If A white Mayor Held A Party For Only white Elected Officials?

Interesting question. Here are some possibilities:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/what-would-happen-if-a-white-mayor-held-a-party-for-only-white-elected-officials

It would be easily defended using the same standard Boston POC "electeds" used:

“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, a Boston city councilor at-large. “We are still breaking barriers and it is so important for us to carve out and create that space.”


Ruthzee: do you employ dishonest double standards, or not?

One mishap by some idiot in Boston isn't comparable to the thousands of years of abuse minorities throughout the world have experienced at the hands of their oppressors.

It's not a mishap. It's racism by democrats. Just like the anti-semitism by democrats. Stop trying to talk your way out of it. There is no rationalization for this.

Okay so it's somewhere between a mishap and racism. Still not a big deal. No one was hurt. I wasn't invited and could care less.

You’re not a member of the city council.

How do you know other people weren’t hurt by this obvious snub? How dare you assign feelings to other people.

Children are dying of starvation all of this world and you think I'm worried about some council member in Boston having their feelings hurt due to not being invited to a party? I'm not

Here’s the thing. No one cares what you think. Your opinion is completely irrelevant.

The taxpayers and city council memo of Boston do care.

Do you live in Boston? I don't and I don't care about their city council or any privileged nut jobs having their feelings hurted cause they weren't invited to a party. Do you know what children in Israel, Gaza, and Ukraine are going through right now? Get over it.

Uh, no, and while it's not nearly the same as other racism that POCs have gone through or what the GOP does every day, it's definitely not a good look. And suggesting we get over it is like suggesting POCs get over every "microaggression" or racist exclusionary act that someone has done to them, capeesh? You want DEI, then start acting like it.

Ok Karen. I'm sorry you weren't invited to the party because you are white. You are special, you are somebody, and you should have been invited.

Hahaha. You think that? Nope. Don't care about the party. I'm sorry if you're a little snowflake caught up in DEI concerns (which, by and large, are overseen by white progressives rather than, you know, diverse groups (the irony!) )and then, see an ostensibly progressive mayor and council turn around and do the opposite. It's exclusionary on the basis of race. I'm not special and would never profess to be. What I am though is asking for actual inclusion - you know, inviting people to party or doing something together because you like hanging out with them, not because they meet a proscribe racial profile. I clearly hit nerve though because you don't like having to answer for this kind of hypocrisy.

interesting you never asked to be included during the previous white mayors. But you are suddenly offended when a non-white became the mayor.

You must have failed your colonialist reading comprehension (i.e., Western) classes because I never said that. I was proud that Boston elected an Asian woman to the office and in particular, because of her platform rather than anything having to do with her identity (because you know, we're electing people to govern based on their policies not just based on what race/ethnicity/gender they are, right?). I find the intolerance on the left insufferable because it's tow the line, group-think, where you reduce everyone to their gender/race/ethnicity/religion/etc. rather than examine nuance or understand people as individuals and their lived experience. Racism is real. Oppression is real. However, I think some of you derive some sick pleasure telling others than they're wrong, and that they're "colonizers" while turning a blind to your own shortcomings in the very arena in which you castigate others.

All this is true but needs to be expressed in it's own thread because doing it here over inflates this one issue caused by one stupid mayor in a town none of us live in.

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Anonymous wrote:Fire the entire party for racist exclusion not in line with DEI.

Can someone please tell me what Dale Earnhardt Incorporated has to do with racism in Boston?

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Anonymous wrote:What Would Happen If A white Mayor Held A Party For Only white Elected Officials?

Interesting question. Here are some possibilities:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/what-would-happen-if-a-white-mayor-held-a-party-for-only-white-elected-officials

It would be easily defended using the same standard Boston POC "electeds" used:

“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, a Boston city councilor at-large. “We are still breaking barriers and it is so important for us to carve out and create that space.”


Ruthzee: do you employ dishonest double standards, or not?

One mishap by some idiot in Boston isn't comparable to the thousands of years of abuse minorities throughout the world have experienced at the hands of their oppressors.

It's not a mishap. It's racism by democrats. Just like the anti-semitism by democrats. Stop trying to talk your way out of it. There is no rationalization for this.

Okay so it's somewhere between a mishap and racism. Still not a big deal. No one was hurt. I wasn't invited and could care less.

You’re not a member of the city council.

How do you know other people weren’t hurt by this obvious snub? How dare you assign feelings to other people.

Children are dying of starvation all of this world and you think I'm worried about some council member in Boston having their feelings hurt due to not being invited to a party? I'm not

Here’s the thing. No one cares what you think. Your opinion is completely irrelevant.

The taxpayers and city council memo of Boston do care.

Do you live in Boston? I don't and I don't care about their city council or any privileged nut jobs having their feelings hurted cause they weren't invited to a party. Do you know what children in Israel, Gaza, and Ukraine are going through right now? Get over it.

Uh, no, and while it's not nearly the same as other racism that POCs have gone through or what the GOP does every day, it's definitely not a good look. And suggesting we get over it is like suggesting POCs get over every "microaggression" or racist exclusionary act that someone has done to them, capeesh? You want DEI, then start acting like it.

Ok Karen. I'm sorry you weren't invited to the party because you are white. You are special, you are somebody, and you should have been invited.

Hahaha. You think that? Nope. Don't care about the party. I'm sorry if you're a little snowflake caught up in DEI concerns (which, by and large, are overseen by white progressives rather than, you know, diverse groups (the irony!) )and then, see an ostensibly progressive mayor and council turn around and do the opposite. It's exclusionary on the basis of race. I'm not special and would never profess to be. What I am though is asking for actual inclusion - you know, inviting people to party or doing something together because you like hanging out with them, not because they meet a proscribe racial profile. I clearly hit nerve though because you don't like having to answer for this kind of hypocrisy.

interesting you never asked to be included during the previous white mayors. But you are suddenly offended when a non-white became the mayor.

You must have failed your colonialist reading comprehension (i.e., Western) classes because I never said that. I was proud that Boston elected an Asian woman to the office and in particular, because of her platform rather than anything having to do with her identity (because you know, we're electing people to govern based on their policies not just based on what race/ethnicity/gender they are, right?). I find the intolerance on the left insufferable because it's tow the line, group-think, where you reduce everyone to their gender/race/ethnicity/religion/etc. rather than examine nuance or understand people as individuals and their lived experience. Racism is real. Oppression is real. However, I think some of you derive some sick pleasure telling others than they're wrong, and that they're "colonizers" while turning a blind to your own shortcomings in the very arena in which you castigate others.

Trumper.

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Anonymous wrote:This is going to force the Mayor out.

The crazy thing is that they could have just pretended that it was never meant to be racially discriminatory. But for some reason they decided to explicitly disinvite people. It became not only racist but extremely rude. Standard etiquette is that if you accidently invite someone then you leave it be, pretend it was intentional, and accept the expanded guest list.

That is white people etiquette, POC don't give a ... for your etiquette.

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Anonymous wrote:This is going to force the Mayor out.

The crazy thing is that they could have just pretended that it was never meant to be racially discriminatory. But for some reason they decided to explicitly disinvite people. It became not only racist but extremely rude. Standard etiquette is that if you accidently invite someone then you leave it be, pretend it was intentional, and accept the expanded guest list.

That is white people etiquette, POC don't give a ... for your etiquette.

And that statement right there is why.

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Anonymous wrote:So what?

So - would you respond “so what?” to a whites-only, public officials party?

The tired "gotcha-fails" of the ignorant.

Not PP but in the government it is very inappropriate to have an event that is either restricted to one race or seemingly excludes other races. It's ok to have a party celebrating specific diversity so long as it's open to everyone.

Congressional Black Caucus

Or, the
Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Congressional Asian Pacific American Congress
Jewish Congressional Caucus

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Anonymous wrote:What was the cutoff to make the list? How Black did you need to be?

Wow, you racists are out in full force. How very white of you PP and the likes. I guess you only know Black and white with your pea brains. Mayor Michelle Wu invited people of all races to the event. She just did not give a special invitation to people of your ilk who thinks your white privilege trumps everyone else.

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Anonymous wrote:What makes Mayor Wu believe she is a person of color? Most people of color wouldn’t see her as one of them.

And she would not qualify for any sort of minority scholarship anywhere. Just the opposite.

Quick Google search says you're lying. There are scholarships available specifically for Asian American women

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Anonymous wrote:This flies in the face of being a melting pot.

See thread on whether America is a melting pot in the Off Topic forum.

Sigh.

America has never been a melting pot. People come to this country and then go live in neighborhoods to be among people they left there country of origin.

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Anonymous wrote:To qualify as a POC who can attend this party, what percentage of color is required in your DNA?

If you have to ask, you're not invited.

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Anonymous wrote:So what?

So - would you respond “so what?” to a whites-only, public officials party?

The tired "gotcha-fails" of the ignorant.

Not PP but in the government it is very inappropriate to have an event that is either restricted to one race or seemingly excludes other races. It's ok to have a party celebrating specific diversity so long as it's open to everyone.

Congressional Black Caucus

Or, the
Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Congressional Asian Pacific American Congress
Jewish Congressional Caucus

ALL of those caucuses should be dissolved by legal means or force of power if necessary. Treat it the same way as you would two companies colluding together.

If you hold a gathering with demographics in mind, you should be sued out of existence.

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Anonymous wrote:What was the cutoff to make the list? How Black did you need to be?

Wow, you racists are out in full force. How very white of you PP and the likes. I guess you only know Black and white with your pea brains. Mayor Michelle Wu invited people of all races to the event. She just did not give a special invitation to people of your ilk who thinks your white privilege trumps everyone else.

But the invite was sent to all council members, then 20 minutes later another “clarifying” email was sent by the electeds of color staff pulling back the invite to the white members. I don’t think it’s weird to analyze this entire situation in depth.

Then when queations were asked the staff that sent it said “don’t apologize for this. There is nothing to apologize for”. I don’t get it all. It feels like segregation. It seems like the party is some kind of reactionary, neo-Jim Crow affair. Essentially, it feels like there’s a party with an “electeds of color only” punch bowl and a “white” punch bowl…somewhere else.

We can argue about people needing “safe spaces”. At the end of the day, this invite waa purposefully exclusionary based on race.

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Anonymous wrote:To qualify as a POC who can attend this party, what percentage of color is required in your DNA?

If you have to ask, you're not invited.

I wondered this too. Do you have be like “presenting”? What if you’re 1/15 Native American? Would you get stink eye from the other party goers?

What all this has taught me is I don’t trust large groups of people who self selectively separate themselves into monolithic blocks. That goes for any group. People also seem to want to dominate other groups. Maybe it’s human nature, but anything that creates divisiveness should be eschewed.