Other people deny that Boston is a racist city. Many of them are really denying that Boston is the most racist city in America. Some of them really think there is no racism in Boston or less racism than in other cities.
You can certainly object to how he put it, but if you take his remark as saying everybody is racist, and every city in a country is just about as racist or non-racist as every other city in the country, is there really a problem?
The whole controversy was BS from the beginning.
Boston is a very racist city. Take a walk down Blue Hill Ave and see what happens if you’re a cracker.