Boston City Hall roiled by email party invitation for ‘electeds of color’ sent to all

Boston Herald ^ | December 12, 2023 at 11:43 p.m. | GAYLA CAWLEY

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NEWSPOLITICS Boston City Hall roiled by email party invitation for ‘electeds of color’ sent to all Mayor Michelle Wu. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) Mayor Michelle Wu. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)

By GAYLA CAWLEY | gcawley@bostonherald.com | Boston Herald PUBLISHED: December 12, 2023 at 8:27 p.m. | UPDATED: December 12, 2023 at 11:43 p.m.

A Wu administration official, on behalf of the mayor, mistakenly sent all Boston city councilors an email Tuesday inviting them to a holiday party that was meant exclusively for “electeds of color,” prompting an apology and mixed reactions.

Denise DosSantos, the mayor’s director of City Council relations, told the body’s “honorable members” that, “on behalf of Mayor Michelle Wu,” she was cordially inviting each of them “and a guest to the Electeds of Color Holiday Party on Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 5:30 p.m. at the Parkman House, 33 Beacon St.”

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Electeds of Color

[butlerweave]

Elect the insane and you get Insanity

[blackdog]

Blackdog = Citizen of color. Is there a party for me?

[PGR88]

A white guy should show up - and film the reaction

[ClearCase_guy]

I, for one, welcome our new Overlords.

[NorthMountain]

Dat’s WACISSSS!!!

[V_TWIN]

My apologies for all the crap at the beginning of this post.....I’m a little rusty. 😏

[cgbg]

White is a color.

Lol.

[Magnum44]

Specifically, white is all the colors, the full spectrum.

[V_TWIN]

Not the “right” color apparently.

[_longranger81]

“Left” color?

[C210N]

Among them, there’s probably one or more SO’s of such lack of melanin.

[blackdog]

“She’s done Jim”

[V_TWIN]

What if the “Elected of Color” is married to a White person 🤔

Boy they really didn’t think this stupidity through did they?

[blackdog]

https://racheldolezal.com/

[KarlInOhio]

If she wants to hold her own little private party (or even have separate water fountains in his home) then she can. Holding a segregationist party on the public dime is not appropriate and should be illegal. Who is funding this?

[Billthedrill]

“Just like there are groups that meet based on shared interests or cultural backgrounds, it’s completely natural for elected officials of color to gather for a holiday celebration.”

Really? I can hardly wait to see the whites-only invitation.

[Magnum44]

[Liz]

I hear Wu even graciously enclosed the party menu:

watermelon
fried chicken
collard greens
skittles
Fanta
Ripple