Racism in Everett City Hall? It’s an ongoing saga.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/05/13/metro/racism-everett-city-hall-its-an-ongoing-saga/?p1=StaffPage Hers was the familiar weariness of a Black woman who has struggled with being the only one of her kind in the room, with being told she was overreacting, that things weren’t really as bad as she was portraying them.
“Things” in this case refers to the phenomenal ingrained racism within Everett City Hall, where Adrien served as a city councilor until earlier this year.
We were talking in the wake of the most recent revelation — the leak of a recording of several city officials making light of the idea of actually including Black people in city business. The exchange should come as a surprise to no one who has followed the politics of this deeply insular city.
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