Also, republicans are outnumbered here 2:1 or more, so who gives a shit who they voted for? And busing was 40+ years ago, before most of us were born.

As a Boston sports fan and resident, I am tired of the running joke about Bostonians being racist. It is a trope, and a false one. It is the legacy of the busing nonsense that took place 40 years ago, when most of us weren’t even alive. For every mouth breathing Sully or Murph from Southie or the North Shore, there…

Nah, you’re not wrong. Tom Yawkey, all the stuff on busing, treatment of Bill Russell, and the perception that Irish Catholics are racist (itself a racist thought!) — all basically 25-50 years old at this point — contribute to this idea that Boston and MA is racist. Seeing how far the state has come and the generally…

I have lived in Massachusetts my entire life and Boston for the last 12 years and I always read on the internet about how racist Boston is. Maybe I’m just living in a bubble, but I’ve never seen the overt racism that people are always tagging this city with. This is one of the most liberal and culturally diverse…

No one thinks Massachusetts is incapable of racism.

The treatment of Russell was an ugly time in this city’s sports history. Absolutely. The fact remains that if Boston is still held up as some sort of racist enclave because the Red Sox were the last team to integrate in baseball, the fair counterpoint is to note the histories of the Bruins and Celtics in that matter.

Boston was protesting kids getting shipped all over while the rest of the country was bombing over letting kids into their own district’s schools. I think there’s a bit of a distinction.

Cited primary results since that’s what the previous commenter was himself referencing. The Red Sox refused to integrate under notable racist Tom Yawkey, which is where the perception of Boston sports as racist originates. He died 40 years ago and with the rampant racism flourishing across the country it’s bizarre to…

The Red Sox were indeed the last team to integrate, in 1959. Being owned by one southern racist while their GM was another will to do for an organization. They still catch shit for it to this day.

No doubt that sentiment exists around the state. You’re absolutely correct. My point is not that Massachusetts is innoculated from racism or Trump’s brand of conservatism but rather that the tired trope that Massachusetts should be known for being racist is dated and inaccurate. Head down to the deep south and then…

That doesn’t actually say that much about the liberalism of the state. Trump is a fucking madman, but in terms of social issues he was actually nominally more liberal than most of the rest of the Republican field at the time.

Only in the sense that everywhere is still pretty damn racist. If you were to somehow objectively rank states in terms of racism, MA would not be near the top of the list.

Trump votes in MA primary: 311,313

Correct. Schilling is the bigger source of consternation for Red Sox fans. “Thanks Curt for 2004. Now please shut the fuck up.”

Haha! Got those bigoted bastards! Wait, Massachusetts is arguably the most liberal state in the country? But that doesn’t fit the racist legacy of Tom Yawkey (who died over 40 years ago). Ehh, force it anyway.

This... what is the point of adding in the “meekly built” part? She couldn’t just say “her mom was struggling...”?

Wait... so she broke her arm so bad her legs didn’t work? She couldn’t walk on her own; maybe just holding mom’s hand?

Me too. Nothing gets my day jazzed up like childhood injuries.

“I saw her MEEKLY built mother struggling to carry her daughter down the mountain”

“meekly-built woman” ... Dang Miesha you almost had a post that won't get you harassed when it's cross-posted to Jezebel