Welcome to 2023, where the rules are made up and the points don't matter.
Among the 10 people who will decide whether to pay members of Boston's black community are two high schoolers and one college student.
High school juniors Damani Williams and Denilson Fanfan, as well as 22-year-old University of Massachusetts student and Black Lives Matter organizer Carrie Mays, were named to the city's reparations task force on Tuesday.
High schoolers deciding were to spend tons of money to atone for wrongdoings made by people who are long dead. Great!
Okay well, they did throw a 22-year-old in there. So that brings the average age of the three youngest participants up to 18 years old.
So why did they choose the two high school juniors anyway?
It is unclear what expertise the two high schoolers will provide, but a profile of the Jeremiah E Burke High School says it is located in 'one of Boston's most historically marginalized areas.'
Uh huh. You know, I'm pretty sure that when a neighborhood is "historically marginalized," it's the city's problem. Kinda weird that Boston is electing to undertake a massive, dubious, complicated reparations program rather than just fix its own infrastructure.
As for the 22-year-old college activist, Carrie Mays:
Mays had gained local attention for her efforts to rally people to a Black Lives Matter protest in Boston following the death of George Floyd in June 2020. She said the message resonated with her because her family was once stopped by police at gunpoint, causing her personal trauma.
Mays now organizes discussions about racism at her school, and has spoken about the issue at national conferences.
Her social media profiles are also filled with messages supporting Black Lives Matter and spewing her identity politics, with a pinned post on her Facebook profile demanding the 'white-washed school curriculum teach black history beyond slavery.'
Yep, just a full-blown racial Marxist deciding where tons of tax dollars go. Awesome.
A racial Marxist who believes in understanding the "manifestation" of "divinity" within you, nonetheless (only if you're black).
To be fair, nobody really knows what this committee is going to do. It could end up being one of those groups that just releases a few statements and then halfheartedly breaks ground on a new community center or something. But the committee sure does have its sights set high:
Working with seven other colleagues, these young members will make recommendations in June 2024 'for truth, reconciliation and reparations addressing the city of Boston's involvement with the African slave trade,' according to recently-passed legislation.
