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Last year, Boston’s famous Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) made national headlines because it was accused of racism after Black middle school students said they were mistreated by museum staff. A staff member allegedly told the students: “No food, no drink and no watermelon.” That wasn’t the end the debacle. The…
Originally Published by Marriott Located in the heart of Boston’s vibrant Theater District, Moxy Boston Downtown today officially opened its doors, offering a backstage pass to a high-energy hotel experience. Part of Marriott International’s experiential Moxy brand, Moxy Boston Downtown is filled with stylish nods to the Theater District and offers buzzing…
Earlier this month, a Boston tow truck driver named “Jeff” hurled racist insults at a Black customer as he serviced a man and his wife. The woman, NeNe Judge’Mayo, recorded the incident and shared it on her Facebook page as well as on Youtube, according to Bossip. The verbal altercation…
In what seems to be an ongoing saga of white people not minding their business, #SidewalkSusie, offensively, interfered with mom, Alyson Laliberte, and her child while the toddler played outside of their Cambridge home. The filmed interaction, which has now gone viral, showed Theresa Lund, a Harvard University-affiliated research executive…
As 911 calls are continually being made to authorities regarding Black people simply existing, a Black man’s experience with racial profiling at Burger King is coming to light. On Tuesday, he filed a $950,000 lawsuit. In November 2015, Emory Ellis, who was homeless at the time, went to a Burger…
On Jan. 16, Accenture (No. 14 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) opened a new innovation hub in Boston’s Back Bay as part of the company’s accelerated innovation investment in the U.S. As part of the investment, Accenture plans to add 400 highly skilled technology jobs in Boston by…
Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown opened up about his experience with racism growing up in Marietta, Ga., and how he thinks President Donald Trump emboldens racists. In London for Thursday’s NBA game, where the Celtics, the leading team in the Eastern conference, will face the Philadelphia 76ers,Brown spoke of painful…
An estimated 40,000 counter-protesters took to the streets of Boston this weekend to protest hate speech and white supremacy in response to a “free speech” rally that garnered a few dozen attendees. Boston Police Chief William B. Evans said at a news conference, “99.9 percent of the people here were…
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced they will not participate in Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade after organizers told an LGBT veterans group its members could not march. “If veterans’ groups aren’t allowed to march in that parade for whatever reason, then I’ll probably do something…
Researchers found that ride-sourcing companies are not exempt from practicing racial discrimination. By Sheryl Estrada Uber and Lyft drivers discriminate against Blacks with frequency especially Black males with “African American-sounding names,” according to a new study. The new ride-sourcing phenomenon hasn’t served as a break from the transportation industry’s history…