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treeboi t1_j5z5c4h wrote

Reply to comment by itsonlyastrongbuzz in Boston has never elected a Black mayor. A quiet experiment could change that. by _Hack_The_Planet_

Plus mayor Wu's the first female mayor of Boston & the first non-white mayor of Boston. Wu already broke stereotypes & shows that Boston's willing to elect someone who's not a white male as mayor.

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sihtydaernacuoytihsy t1_j5zbqui wrote

Agreed. Never had a Jewish mayor, but Mike Ross's loss doesn't suggest to me that we have an antisemitism crisis here.

I'm a white dude who voted for Campbell in the primary and Wu in the general, mostly on the basis that Campbell seems to me more likely to use her political capital to help people who need it, and Michelle... doesn't want to make enemies.

But it's hardly like Campbell failed to land on her feet, and I look forward to her work in her new role.

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