Councillor dubs Boston the ‘most racist city’ in reparations push

A Massachusetts council woman has slammed Boston as the ‘most racist city in the country’ and called for a multimillion dollar reparations package so that black residents can improve their diets with organic food. Julia Mejia, a Boston councilor-at-large, said the city had only spent $2.1 million to address the ‘historical trauma that’s been carried from generation to generation’ and that much more was needed. Speaking at Harvard University, Mejia, called for a $300,000 maternity clinic for ‘birthing people’ and payouts, so the descendants of slaves could shop at farmers’ markets for organic syrup and other healthy items. Reparations activists in Boston seek $15 million to repay black residents for injustices against their slavery-era forefathers — an eye-watering sum that’s nearly four times the city’s annual budget. Payouts for descendants of slaves are a hot-button issue in America’s culture wars. Reparations are popular among the blacks who stand to benefit, but not for the other groups who would shoulder the extra taxes. Mejia, an ‘Afro-Latina’ Dominican immigrant who graduated from Mount Ida College, says they’re necessary in Boston because it’s the ‘most racist city in the country.’ Poll Do you support a federal reparation policy directed at the descendants of...