Submitted by pastywhiterunner t3_zylh1q in massachusetts
TheHoundsRevenge t1_j26z32p wrote
Reply to comment by TheGrandExquisitor in Moving to Massachusetts next summer. by pastywhiterunner
Omg that tired old argument again. A couple of drunk south Boston townies yelling racist shit makes Mass as racist as Idaho. Ok. Most liberal and educated state in the country and Elected a black governor but we’re basically Alabama. I know weeds legal in Mass but maybe lay off it a little.
TheGrandExquisitor t1_j2707v1 wrote
I also saw a whole city council of those "Mass Progressives," go to extraordinary lengths just to prevent a colleague from becoming city council president (an almost entirely ceremonial role,) because he was Dominican. So...yeah. Naw dude, you got some serious problems. Most states do, but MA just shoves their head in the sand over it. Another example - The equity program that was supposed to go forward when weed was legalized. Total fucking failure because somehow the equity program never happened.
TheHoundsRevenge t1_j271eio wrote
And what’s your evidence for them not voting for this Dominican person? Did they say this? Posted on their social media? Or just a feeling? No one’s saying Mass is perfect but cmon go live in Idaho and let me know in another 150 years when they finally elect a person of color to the governors office how it is.
TheGrandExquisitor t1_j272ahv wrote
Literally admitted it in the newspaper.
Also, Idaho has only been a state for like 130 years. Took MA far longer to elect their ONE governor who wasn't white. Plus, you just glossed over the failure of the equity program.
TheHoundsRevenge t1_j273ee9 wrote
I didn’t gloss over shit just pointed out that money runs everything not race. Or at least in Mass. here this might help educate you on the vast difference between a state like mass compared to a state like Idaho. https://edtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Black-Degree-Attainment_FINAL.pdf
TheGrandExquisitor t1_j277eyt wrote
Whatever dude...
TheHoundsRevenge t1_j271xz3 wrote
As for the equality program I can guarantee you POC were not left out due to race. Has everything to do with money and connections. Which while corrupt and unfair (like I said mass isn’t perfect) has nothing to do with caring about race.
TheGrandExquisitor t1_j272dhm wrote
Sure it wasn't buddy....sure. Again, head in the sand.
MyDogSmellsLikeMyCat t1_j2a44yb wrote
If we ignore the redlining that’s so obvious, then yeah, equality all around.
TheHoundsRevenge t1_j2arueq wrote
Once again redlining in Mass is mostly economically based which while unfair is still not based on race. Rich people don’t want poor people in their neighborhoods regardless of race and I say this a a child of parents from Fall River and moved to a slightly less ghetto town of wareham for my childhood.
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