This wasn't a one off, set up to create division or act as a some secret non white cabal. This was a group that had been set up many years before. It was an ongoing annual event. It was Wu's turn to host it. It cannot have been a secret for over ten years. Why the sudden pearl clutching?
She said a mistake was made when an invitation meant for elected officials of color was sent to officials who do not fit that description and later rescinded.
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"I've been a part of a group that gathers, representing elected officials of color across all different levels of government in Massachusetts," she said. "
A group that has been in place for more than a decade, and the opportunity to create a space for people to celebrate and rotate who hosts."
I think that's a reasonable position. They obviously have discussed amongst themselves any difficulty they might have had in government because of their racial background and done so on many occasions. So I don't see a problem in taking the opportunity in doing the same at a social event. I wouldn't expect to have been invited and after their get-together my first question wouldn't have been 'Why wasn't I invited?' but rather 'How did it go?'
If that quote above had been the only thing reported, then no-one would have batted an eyelid. If reported at all. But you don't sell newspapers by saying some people of colour in Massachusetts have a long term group set up to discuss their positionin government and they had a party.
But d'you know - the quote took some time digging up. Almost all reports are carbon copies of the way the first newspaper had decided to report it. Lazy journalism.
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