How Racist Is Boston - Beyond the Scenes | The Daily Show

[@danielhostetler9493]

I'll admit, I was embarrassingly clueless about the pervasiveness of racism for most of my life. It took me asking people I knew about their experiences and having them share their stories for me to learn how bad things are everywhere....It was a really life changing day. I find myself angry, embarrassed and ashamed for how racist this country still is and how insidious it is throughout our society.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Me too. It's all very embarrassing and horrible. But over time we are winning. As long as we don't give up, things generally will keep getting better. As I'm aware you already know, we need to just stop this fascism and then get back on track to creating more freedom for everyone. Because of people like you who are unafraid to see and to change, and especially to seek out understanding, we will keep winning too.

[@danielhostetler9493]

@@aylbdrmadison1051 I hope you're right but my cynical side has doubts as to our progress and future. In the end, I know my job and responsibility is to use whatever opportunities and means I have to address it in my circle of influence and be ready to support in presence and voice when the need arises and pray that America figures out how to fulfill the claims we've been making for 245 years.

[@danielhostetler9493]

@Mountain Goddess I don't even know what that means and im not sure that's a real thing anyways.

[@kellycook3914]

@Mountain Goddess go back to sleep.

[@danielhostetler9493]

@Mountain Goddess no it doesnt....where do you get such ridiculous ideas? If I found myself believing nonsense like that, I'd honestly be embarrassed for my lack of critical thinking and discernment skills. I had a feeling you were going to make some insanely baseless comment and I got proven right. For once, I would love to find a person who aligns themselves with a conservative political view who wasn't prone to believe whatever crazy story Fox and Friends is spreading and actually bothered to think....just once. Shame on you for being so easily duped. However, unless you were born yesterday....America was founded, built and prospered directly due to racism and slavery and it has been a cultural reality right through till today...that is 100% undeniable fact, as shameful and reprehensible as it is. We should be ashamed....it is an unconscionable legacy that we have yet to deal with and it very much affects people today in real and tangible ways. Wake up and smell the coffee sister.

[@Z.A.M.1359]

This is the first I've heard about what happened when Boston first integrated schools. I grew up outside of Boston, and for all they tried to teach us about racism and integration they never talked about the local history of racism and integration. I'm appalled. This kind of history needs to be in our textbooks and curriculums.

[@normaforsyth7950]

I think the bussing situation was a different time than integration. I remember the bussing days from a school kid perspective. Schools were already integrated, whites and blacks were already going to school together. The bussing argument was about blacks not having access to better schools because the way school zones were established, it forced them to go to poorer schools with less access to higher paid white-area teachers, better books, programs, even the conditions of the schools themselves. So the thing was that the city (state?) "bussed" a percentage of black children into white school districts. In our city, it caused a lot of grumbling bc while bussing blacks IN to white schools, they in turn bussed whites who were in that schools district already, OUT into the poorer schools. The ratio of whites to blacks had to be some specific number. Giving any kid access to the better schools would have been the proper thing to do.

[@Z.A.M.1359]

@@normaforsyth7950 Thanks for the info. It's still part of a greater narrative I feel gets hidden from kids and teens. Like the post war occupation of Japan and how Puerto Rico became and remains a territory. This event has elements from when integration of schools first started which are worth pointing out. I also wish there was more education in general on the evolution of racism through the different eras and decades.

[@normaforsyth7950]

@@Z.A.M.1359 I agree. Our whole educational system needs an overhaul in so many ways that I feel we will never get there.

[@briannam3140]

Agreed! i grew up outside of boston as well less than an hour from the city and while my high school did mention red lining and the first integrated schools in boston, it was a very well funded school and a pretty liberal town so i know that isn’t the standard curriculum

[@MajorHenryL.]

Fun fact: the last time Boston had a Republican mayor was 1930. Once again, the democrats are 100% at fault for any inner city racism. How do you people not see this?

[@gideo5792]

“If you are Black, you were born in jail, in the North as well as the South. Stop talking about the South. As long as you are South of the Canadian border, you are South.” - Malcolm X

[@listenograpdi2035]

Technically you also are east from China and Russia. - me

[@coffeeeloverfree7309]

Canada had some slavery too and how awful they treated Native Americans in ‘Assimilation Schools’

[@romae6182]

It’s crazy how Malcolm saw the situation so thoroughly.

[@anncrawford8922]

Let us take further, Canadian are racist, just water down. The British are racist, in denial. Most of Europe different levels of racism. Ugh..... Africa 😳.... South Africa although apartheid ended you still have white people who have a problem....this world so depressing!

[@tanyalake9152]

*Mother Africa* traveled out of *Africa* and *her indigenous descendants were also the first to travel to Canada and other places.* Pale-skinned Canadians are racists. They just pretend that they're not. A lot of pale-skinned Canadians/people still ignore facts about indigenous people of color being the first people on this planet. What's even more disturbing is that a lot of black/brown-skinned Americans also/still don't acknowledge that *Mother Africa* is/was the first African/female/human on this planet. All they can mention is an imaginary sky "daddy". I forgot to mention Africans also/still believe in an *imaginary sky "daddy"* instead of believing the actual fact that they came from an African female/woman.

[@cravidana1182]

Oh my gosh, this segment is pure gold. Beyond the scene is something that we didn't ask for but we needed.

[@kelviannaepperson3677]

I was thinking the same thing

[@jdmagicmusic]

yes, this segment is awesome! i keep rewinding to relisten to points made!!! i'm STILL aghast over the image & metrics of two 70-something white folks saying they've never felt racism in Boston!!! everybody who is sentient whatsoever (and not in total denial) knows that Beantown is RACIST AF!!! (even if they've never been there!)

[@Monk-Amani.]

@Mountain Goddess • Yes my Goddess, I'm totally in agreement. 52.82% White. 25.23% Black. 9.67% Asian. Now what?

[@sha1841]

@@Monk-Amani. Were trying to prove something by sharing these numbers or is this sarcasm? If you were posting those percentages to actually highlight the disparities then mission accomplished!

[@rodneymclin3130]

@Mountain Goddess yeah, cuz the numbers really make a difference, when talking about how racist the white people are in Boston. Only when asking what percentage of whites are racist there? I would guess more than 60 percent? What do you think?

[@AT-gu8by]

I am Black and British. I spent three hours in Boston, whilst waiting for a Greyhound, on my way to a summer camp in Maine in 1990. I felt it, from peoples looks, attitude and aggressiveness towards me… Never again!

[@CelestialGatez]

RIGHT! I visited Boston with a friend and we were harassed by cops in the most blatant manner on multiple occasions. I could NOT wait to make an exit out of that place.

[@AT-gu8by]

@@JenSell1626 Nope, just as bad.

[@jan4177]

That's a shame.

[@bookinsights1092]

No such thing as black and british. If you are black you are African.

[@AT-gu8by]

@@bookinsights1092 Racist troll.

[@toddmckintyre2064]

How racist is Boston? Answer: Yes

[@TheCoachRC]

Not yes...but VERY RACIST. That's how the question should be answered.

[@KMiley]

🤣

[@sansharedmond9373]

No HOW MUCH 🧐 Sound like trick question 😁

[@omegachuy]

Very yes.

[@djangofreeman3153]

thats america actually. if you rearrange the letters you get i am race. but i digress..

[@constancewalsh3646]

I'm heartened by the positive presence of my white sisters and brothers here. For those of us who are shocked by our ignorance, let us consider that it is challenging for a fish to perceive the water it is swimming in. The concept of internalized colonialism is still new. Get ready for more shocks - of insight and truth.

[@mindful_nerd4676]

This is brilliant. I wish I could write/speak like this. 🙏

How nice to see the serious side of Roy❤️

[@shawnreid6123]

I concur, it's quite refreshing😊

[@theinvisiblewoman5709]

Only people who don’t experience a “-ism” ask where it’s at. If it’s targeted at you, you don’t have to wonder.

[@darlenedavis5214]

I was born and raised in Chicago. I remember watching the bus situation on television. Since seeing that I have NEVER wanted to visit Boston while knowing Chicago also was racist!

[@Betis91]

Chicago ain't racist

[@lotusgrl444]

Im from Chicago too, Im Hispanic, is there racism? heck yes, but you know how the certain sector of Englewood and surrounding areas are responsible for the crimes that goes on in the city.....Not EVERYTHING is the white man's fault

[@Betis91]

@Ramses How is it racist? I never experienced racism when I've gone to Chicago

[@evamaynard3021]

Wow! I was born in Boston and feared going to Chicago for years for fear of both black and white people. I just expected both sides to hate each other! It's crazy to be from such a racist city and also not see it as racist as it is...that's the tragedy. To this day there are sections of the neighborhood I was born with that I've never seen until now...45 years later. We need to get past this, and I mean by refusing to treated as less than. So glad I was raised to travel and get to know a place and it's people for myself. Absolutely love Chicago. Still working on the Dakotas though.

[@marymaceluch6049]

This has been an absolutely marvelous public discussion thank you

[@RobTownley]

Henry Louis Gates, a Harvard professor, was arrested in his own house for "breaking into" his own house.

[@joannebaker4925]

I remembered that incident. It was truly heart breaking. He anchored the show Finding your roots on PBS.

[@MixxxedFruuts]

I have black friends who are afraid to drive their luxury cars at certain times and in certain areas, for this reason. :(

[@5pctLowBattery]

“It’s been more times than I care to remember,” said Robert F. Smith, 55, a private equity titan and philanthropist, when asked how often he thinks he has been racially profiled. Smith, with a net worth of more than *four-billion dollars,* is listed by Forbes as the nation’s wealthiest African American. Yet he still dreads being pulled over. “A very familiar feeling comes each time I’m stopped,” he said. “And that’s the same feeling I got the first time I was stopped, when I was 17 years old.”

[@NoName-OG1]

You too would get busted breaking into your own house too. If someone calls the cops on you. (Wonder who did that? His Nextdoor neighbor did - who didn’t recognize him kicking the door in despite having keys….) He then refused to identify himself and made a big scene of it - for publicity. As an FYI the car and bike theft capital of the universe is right down the street from where he lived and is all white…. A white person would be more suspect there than he would.

[@romae6182]

@@NoName-OG1 we know that but do the cops know it?

[@ukhawaja]

I grew up in Brockton and went to college at Northeastern. I knew there were racial divide and discrimination but never understood the real extent of it. It is disheartening my alma mater doesn't have a black population greater than 5%.

[@sandal_thong8631]

Past time for 10% quotas.

[@1990enzo]

In the 1980s, lunch with a friend in Back Bay, we were seated, in a near empty restaurant, by the toilet and far from the main restaurant. Second time, different restaurant but exactly the same. From then on, takeout sandwiches. I was also in Charlestown at community college during bussing, so saw white people attacking busses of schoolchildren, and once chasing someone into the college - I later learned they got in and broke his leg. Several friends moved to Atlanta, Georgia, which they felt offered more opportunity.

[@le7mule21]

They were throwing bricks through the school bus windows at children. Let that sink in.....

[@zesstra4587]

Until public school funding is no longer done by property taxes, there will never be equality.

[@mariejane1567]

No until teachers who love teaching regardless of the race of students are present there will not be progress. The over whelming majority of teachers are white women in inner city schools. How could black students receive an education from the same group of people who don't like them and don't live near them?

[@TreeBug88]

Lived in Key West Florida had a gardening business had a contract with a golf club they had houses condominiums whatever you wanna call them I didn’t have my uniform I walked on someone’s property to water the grass one day and they called the police on me and said that I was trespassing I explain to them that I am the owner of the company and I was concerned about their grass come to find out these people were from Boston

[@sunnyboknow]

😳

[@shawnreid6123]

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[@maxinefowler1186]

I am Black, you now experienced racist folks from BOSTON. THEY WON'T ADMIT THAT FACT. They hide in the shadows, then run out into the light for a few minutes. Then they run back in to the Shadows, am I right!

[@VictoriaChatlovsky]

This conversation is so important for many old-thinking white people to hear… and this video is easy to watch because it’s so genuine the way Roy & CJ talk to each other.

[@annsmith185]

Yes it is, I am a senior now, yuk! I am white, I was young but I remember busing coming in to a local high school in Chicago, and the outrage. I heard white people, that I knew as kind, being outraged. The stories of crime going up, real estate agents calling twice daily telling my mom that she should sell her house or she would lose all her equity. I put another post on here that explains a little more about my experience. I would really like a forum where we can talk honestly. I knew there was racism here then, and before then because there was fear that everyone would be fleeing because blacks were moving in. I enjoyed your show! I enjoyed your experience of asking, “How Racist is Boston!” Brave but hysterical!

[@shawnreid6123]

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[@clothsafe9778]

"Old thinking"🤔 Have you been to America? A more accurate way to describe it would be white American thinking. Truth hurts.

[@VictoriaChatlovsky]

@@clothsafe9778 I got that term from the video itself. But no you are 1,000% correct: its just white America. Not all, tho.

[@alexisrivera200xable]

@@annsmith185 Many realtors profit hard from systemic racism even to this day. From far lower appraisals if the owner is black, steering, redlining to cold calling white folks like it happened to your family to scare them into selling their homes on the cheap over "black folks drive crime" BS propaganda... the industry makes significant bank on racial strife. Often they were the ones starting the rumors to manipulate people into selling even when it was all false.

[@xavier_william_official]

I grew up in Boston. I moved to Atlanta a few years ago and just visited Boston by driving there few days ago. The drive was beautiful... except for returning to my hometown and being followed by two different state cops within 3 days. Don't know why I go back there.

[@abepresume8132]

You should have camera in the front and back recording encounters with the fuzz.

[@TreeBug88]

In 1978 my family lived in Everett Massachusetts we went to an amusement park in Chelsea I was very little but I remember this clearly as we entered the amusement park everything seemed OK my mother put me on one of the amusement rides where you spin slowly and it escalates faster before The ride began they put my seatbelt on and walked away I looked to my left and I saw four white kids and they were all spitting and that spit was landing on me the ride began and spin spin spin even faster I got off the ride I was too young to explain what happened but as we walked further into the park people were hollering for us to play their games to win teddy bears and my mother said no thanks and kept walking and everyone began to start spitting on us and walking towards us and my mother prompted everyone to turn around and go back to the car and not to run this is the memory of a very young child

[@elan-6418]

I'm sorry to hear that :(

[@pertuniasoboyisi8671]

I'm so sorry you had to endure that...I hope you find healing...you deserve it

[@edavid2557]

One of the young black girls at the boarding where I was working a couple of years ago was regularly bullied, it was really terrible... A couple of colleagues and I teamed up to get the bullies kicked out one by one as we managed to catch them doing whatever they did. The worse I witnessed was that beautiful successful quiet black girl being spat at. The head of the school at that time went our way, he didn't have much of a choice since 3 of my colleagues were married to black men and had children (who are really lovely and hardworking kids) in the school so there was no chance finding excuses to keep those kids in the school. Unfortunately things have changed and some of my former colleague don't have the support they should have. I live in Europe BTW. And we wouldn't speak of racism anymore if there wasn't any. It's still here. You guys should have never gone through what you went through... I hope you're in a safer place now.

[@intercat4907]

I'm sorry. Thank you for the unforgettable post.

[@txlee5513]

I'm so sorry. Such appalling hate. No little kid and no adult should experience such treatment.

[@dreamlife2351]

Aloha from Hawai’i 🌺 love you Roy and this is a terrific segment. My High School years were in the Deep South, Hephzibah Georgia, in the late 60’s -1975. For Christmas we dove ( straight through) to Massachusetts every year. Culture Shock comes to mind. From one end to the other, severe racism in total opposite ways. Subtle, insidious and persuasive in Boston and plain out loud hate in Georgia.

[@inevitablenewb]

I grew up in Atlanta, the first time I went to a mall up north I looked at the local I was with and said "um, where are all the black people" and they replied "oh, they don't come to this mall" - I was FLABBERGASTED.

[@jan4177]

You ask where are all the black people to white people. 🤦‍♀️

[@켈리맘-v1q]

I have immigrated to America 34 years ago and racism feels the same to me today as I have felt 34 years ago. Based on personal experiences, it can come across differently. However, it is still here, never faded much, and it looks like to stay here for a long long time.

[@divadoll606]

I agree. I was born in the USA and I remember the civil rights movement, Dr. King, and Malcolm X. Really thought there would be a lot of changes, but, there hasn't been. Like you commented, the racism hasn't faded much, at all.

[@a.taylor8294]

Yeah, it is so ridiculous how much stuff has not changed as it relates to race dynamics. I feel like part of it is because too many people refuse to admit that they have and act on biases. Much of the change needs to start with that.

[@rosebrown4799]

It hurts me so much that I never learned anything about issues like this growing up 💔. It honestly flabbergast me how racist this country as a whole still is. As a white parent with two biracial children I have seen it first hand. I had to go to Walmart to pick up my daughter because security thought she was steeling something, they said she looked suspicious. To another person asking why someone would want to have a zebra baby. I have had the police to my house multiple times because someone said my daughter did something and she wasn't even home 😡. I didn't understand what white privilege was until I had mixed children. I want my children not to have to worry about being stopped by police because they look suspicious. We honestly live in a pretty messed up time. And until people open their eyes and talk nothing is going to change. I want to thank you for taking about such a difficult subject. The piece was fabulous.

[@CJNG_1]

Well I guess you're the problem, why would you have biracial kids if you are white huh? You just spoiled their lifes too...you obviously know how most people are towards minority and you still choose to have one sounds interesting, Don't worry you would face the consequences on judgement day after you die lol...

[@potataly1565]

@@CJNG_1 tf are you talking about

[@kellycook3914]

@@CJNG_1 I hope this is sarcasm.

[@tessg4799]

Thank you Rose! Yes, we need to speak up about this ❤

[@GP-wt8eo]

@@CJNG_1 LEO is a troll...dismiss him or it please

[@ikay87]

This is crazy, I have visited Boston once, and I do not even think I knew of their racist reputation. But when I tell you I could feel the racism on my skin, it was palpable. I went to a restaurant and the stares and the terrible service, it was unreal! I haven’t felt like that anywhere else!

[@music_YT2023]

Wokey the Walrus was amazing, it was so absurd, but it was a very disarming way to bring about an important discussion. Tanisha Sullivan was an amazing guest as well; the volunteer aspect pushing forward a movement for racial equality and equity is very powerful.

[@patty89forever]

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[@JohnHoffman65]

I’ve never been to Boston, but I’ve met several white guys from Boston when I was in the Navy. Conversations I had with them back in the early ‘80’s would confirm at that time period Boston was very segregated and racist. I don’t know what’s been going on the last 35 years, but the last 4 years under Trump could not have helped.

[@deedeeandmimi6029]

Nothing has changed ..still very racist here in Boston .. been here since 1979

[@stayfocused597]

@@deedeeandmimi6029 why don't you leave?

[@Effortless23Beauty]

@@stayfocused597 better question..why not stay and do what u can to help change things?

[@tammystockley-loughlin7680]

I'm here for " beyond, beyond the scenes ". I love you all. You've made this 50+years old white progressive lady laugh and SNH at my peers...who really have never thought about racism or the ripples that impact all facets a human being's life. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself

[@clothsafe9778]

"Never thought about racism" and yet you call yourself a progressive. Sigh 😔 Typical.

[@tammystockley-loughlin7680]

@@clothsafe9778 read it again...some of my peers, I said.

[@AlexXDiety]

As a black dude born and raised in the city, I can tell you that the weirdest thing about the city is white folks think it's normal and sound reasonable and black folks are used to it. I didn't have a full grasp of it until I traveled, which is already a lot as a black man. When you're away, black people are surprised there are any black people in Boston, white people think Boston is a liberal haven. And the whole city loves to go but no...THE SOUTH! It's worse here.

[@mizzmolly7649]

When was the first time you felt safe going to Fenway Park? As a black kid growing up in the 70s just across the border in Southern NH, we used to hear all the time about black people being pelted with drink cans and hearing racial slurs.

[@jsun3117]

I think it's all about demographics and political power but sometimes numbers ain't enough. AKA some American Cities in North and South America plus South Africa.

[@attritionwarrior]

That's deep

[@ragantate3995]

Honey it’s really not surprising because the only black people we ever knew came from Boston is the singing group New Edition. Seriously.

[@stevev.3628]

The South is exponentially worse.

[@hopesnopes]

Ms. Sullivan makes quite a point when she describes the collective trauma Boston experienced when they first integrated the schools, and how that trauma has never been addressed. She also discusses racism being a disease. I would love to hear her and Dr. Gabor Maté discuss this. They each have so much insight and together, they would be great.

[@tunasci]

This is the best thing in the Daily Show since Behind the Scenes

[@dorishruska3752]

Klepper's docs are great also.

[@christopherholt1206]

Worked in New England (Portland, Manchester). As a black man from the South, I knew first hand what racism is. It was subtle, but in Boston, much more pronounced. This was around 1996.

[@sharongillesp]

This country continues to be in turmoil because we have refused reconciliation all throughout history. We will continue to be in chaos and conflict until we do. And until we are ready to get rid of the loud and obnoxious bad seeds who perpetuate chaos we will never come to terms and become the great nation we can be. Remember, we are a country founded on an idea of freedom for all and not upon a religion or race or a monarch - in that way the country is very unique .

[@ParahSalin]

Some say the same about NYC not being racist. Trust and believe. In some places, nothing has changed since Yusef Hawkins and Abner Louima.

[@catalinacurio]

I visited New York with my nephew, was told by people not to talk to strangers, I talked with everyone (I’m Scottish), was treated so well, New York is like my second home.

[@ParahSalin]

@@catalinacurio glad you had a nice experience, but respectfully, your blues ain’t like mine. Have you ever had the word “black” written on the corner of a job or housing application? This is what this podcast is about.

[@SunnyLady8925]

@@catalinacurio are you black Scottish? Then this isn't about you...

[@ibrahim10rock]

@@SunnyLady8925, I never seen black Scottish in my life 😂

[@babyellabay]

NYS as well especially Long Island . Years later You still see the effects of red zoning.

[@mlggamer5296]

Is it me or is it super satisfying him trying to pronounce Worcester? Also I am glad Boston is taking the steps to combat racism in Boston and all over. Theres still so much to be done but some progress is definitely better than no progress.

[@bigmo3498]

I would like to thank you all for this conversation. I always enjoy Roy's pieces. Let not forget that a movie stars (Mark Wahlberg) had a few hate crimes in Boston as well. In which he was charged for but only served 45 days if I'm correct. Thank you again Roy, CJ, and mostly the elegant Tanisha Sullivan.

[@patrickdailey3157]

I'm a native Southerner, went to grad school in Boston, travel regularly nationally and internationally in my field and yes, Boston is the most racist place I've ever lived. The racism is multilayered and the segment lays it out very well.

[@mary-ct3wr]

EIGHT DOLLARS? This is a great segment, thank you for doing it. I grew up in the Boston area and I am highly educated and I didn’t know most of this - which is unacceptable. I want to say, please keep doing this, but it also shouldn’t be on the shoulders of you guys to educate me. How do I learn more?

[@rollnrush]

BOSTON SHOULD BE SHAMED.$8 that economic divide is probably the BIGGEST economic divide between blacks and white in any city and state in the US. I'm saddened n disappointed.

[@queenasantewaa4101]

By tuning into Black media platforms.

[@rkms5606]

Read books... So You Want to Talk About Race... White Guilt... Anything by Ta-hasini Coates... More books... The New Jim Crow... How to be Anti-Racist... Stamped from the Beginning...White Rage... Videos by Jane Elliott...

[@rkms5606]

Also check out the show "Tha God's Honest Truth"

[@kaminoshi713]

Idk about y’all but I’m loving seeing RWJ doing these Beyond the scenes. Also, are we still handing out bracelets?

[@Margarinetaylorgrease]

Being British I'm pleased none of this applys to me. Also the original segment link does not work here. BTW, that was a joke. I live in London and it can be very problematic.

[@null090909]

It's flat earth argumentation "I don't think it is round, I can't feel it."

[@mori1bund]

It's what Stephen Colbert once called "Truthiness": It's not about what *is* true but what *feels* true.

[@MarkyGarvey]

Well said

[@Nakhash]

I'm from a southern state and lived in Boston for awhile in the 80s. I'm not AA. I've never been in a more racist city. I was working at a famous music college and only saw AAs among the teachers. I wasn't a teacher. I was overheard asking if there were any AAs working in the offices. Suddenly, perhaps because a Southerner asked, two AAs were hired in my department. Just so racist.

[@patrickwoods2213]

Was that music college Berklee?

[@4R3M3M8RANC3]

Such a great addition to the show! I am constantly amazed & enlightened to find some of the best reporting and most nuanced and in-depth discussions of today’s issues are happening on a comedy show. While the “news” is often full of talking heads yelling at each other and surface-level reporting, you guys dive deeper and make me think harder even while you’re making me laugh. Learning the story behind the story is fabulous, and I love getting to hear from the writers and producers.

[@moodyhorizon]

"There's no joke. How outrageous the truth is, is enough". So sadly true. Over these past few years, I have "joked" that comedians have become lazy, they haven't needed to think up jokes any more, all they have needed to do is report the news to get a laugh. Much the same thing as Roy said.

[@sebastianloaysa]

Im really enjoying this show even more

[@TreeBug88]

And for those who love Key West I’ve been coming here for the past 20 years unfortunately I have noticed a major turn around in the economy and also attitudes of the younger people appears to be very innocent but through gentrification also comes in a twist of racism women who are traveling solo watch your back

[@HLBear]

The Conch Republic hippies have been displaced or became Boomers. It's sad.

[@cachecow]

How racist is Boston? "There's only 2 things we hate in Boston, racists and Black people"

[@iheomanwakpadolu2576]

😜🤣🤣🤣

[@sachemofboston3649]

We love black people in Boston 😁

[@joycedurden7888]

Hate is such a waste of energy

[@NathanielJordan85]

Interesting to have the insight into that interview with Klepper. I wonder if he sensed that and played it the way he did to defuse the tension a bit. Sounds like the whole crew looks out for each other engaging with tough subject matter.

[@ourwebnetwork5944]

White and newly living in Boston in 1989, I heard a radio piece stating that Boston was rated the most racist city in the country. Puzzling, it struck me - I had been in the city for over six months and hadn't seen a black person yet. Too bad no progression...

[@SAJe_53]

Frankly, I'm sick of having to ask the question because, yes (insert city her) is that racist. As a white anti-racist I am disgusted by the fact that racism is even an issue anymore.

[@queenme7401]

It will always be an issue due to people passing down their racist beliefs to the next generation. My grandmother is 83, lived through Jim Crow, and worked with and around people who were racist because her skin is darker than theirs. I'm surprised she didn't teach us to hate white people but she taught her grandchildren to be cautious and suspicious of white people and their intentions.

[@SAJe_53]

@@queenme7401 While I would never feel the need to apologize for being a white man, I can still feel badly for you and your family and what you have been through.

[@ManyfiresWoman]

An honest conversation. I got a lot out of this. Thank you.

[@DuranmanX]

I read a sports related piece about how the Boston Celtics were the first basketball team to integrate and won 11 championships from 1957-1969 and how the Boston Red Sox were one of the last baseball teams to integrate and hadn't won a championship from 1919-2003

[@eddiethorne6461]

The Boston Celtics team that won the championships in the late 1960`s was all black.Bill Russell was the center for that team.

[@DuranmanX]

@@eddiethorne6461 he was also the first black coach in any American sport, taking over the Celtics after Red retired

[@cruzpaez8047]

Growing up.. I remember the Celtics being all-white team when most of the NBA was had black team members. Now, I was a kid, but I am sure the Celtics were not the first to integrate. Bill Russell was indeed the man. Yes. I think he was the first Black Coach in any sport though I'm not 100% positive abt it. I believe it can be verified. ✌🏾🌍💙

[@kreiner1]

I think as a white person I have no idea, so I don't get to decide if their is racism or not. Men should not be sitting at the table when it comes to my body, I do get to have a say on that. I don't understand why people don't get that.

[@acemoto6232]

Ego I would think

[@NeptunesHorses5909]

The northeastern US has segregated via zoning and housing prices beyond the more obvious redlining. In most towns/cities, the more affordable condos are on major roads and odd less desirable locations - my balcony overlooks a major road and a highway overpass, though chosen for floorplan and privacy within building.

[@ykendall9836]

My shock, moving to Boston after being brought up in TN, was how segregated Boston was. Even to the point of Irish and Italian Catholics living in different areas, people were more segregated than I had seen or thought about. Weird.

[@carlleepayne]

I love that Tanisha still defended her city of Boston and is proud of it. People don't seem to think that you can want your home to be a better place and still love it with all of your heart.

[@zarario4444]

Please tell this to Black athletes during the national anthem!

[@carlleepayne]

@@zarario4444 black athletes are not the only ones who kneel. And they love their country too, that's why they want it to be better, a real patriot.

[@maxinefowler1186]

I would sell my house or Condo and be out of there. I live in California, and I am a Black Woman. High blood pressure and gray hair isn't for Me.

[@SunnyandNova]

@@maxinefowler1186 Boston is AWESOME it’s just not as pretty as California

[@toyburton02119]

Such an awesome piece. I founded the Roxbury Unity Parade in 2018. It's Boston's only parade that recognizes and celebrates the neighborhood of Roxbury and our Black culture, contributions, and excellence. I also founded DeeDee's Cry. DeeDee's Cry is named after my sister who died by suicide at the age of twenty-three. DeeDee's Cry is mental health education and suicide prevention for Boston's neighborhoods of color.

[@wiremonkeyelectric]

Roy is sage. He lays down the truth like Carlin . 😎👍

[@cruzpaez8047]

In these times.. I especially miss George Carlin. Yes. RWJ lays down the truth like Carlin. The man is sage. ✌🏾🌍💙

[@Nakhash]

My mother's family are Portuguese and THEY stay out of South Boston.

[@sachemofboston3649]

I’m guessing she was talking about before the 90s

[@zhenshanren6249]

LAUGHED TIL I CRIED, ‘I don’t feel it!” (90 year old yt man’s response to racism).

[@thathobbitlife]

These earnest conversations are so important to have. Let's get some of these shared in the high school classrooms so kids grow up learning some FACTS

[@pgmg-and-tv]

It is so obvious…You can see the disparities economically

[@hitekdialect]

My father was born in Jim Crow Richmond, VA in the 1930s. His mother's family was from North Carolina where he visited as a kid. He was in the Air Force in Texas. He maintained until his dying day that the most racist city he had EVER been to was BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS... and it wasn't close.

[@bladedrummer3498]

Dude, I moved to Boston from Italy when I was 11 and they were racist towards ME, I can't even fathom what it is to be Black there.

[@rieyenviyells7822]

It is 2022 -- I have lived in Boston for about five years now, and I can confirm quite strongly, Boston is an extremely racist city, to some degree, Cambridge, a neighboring town is truly no different.

[@hathor4isis]

Pittsburgh has never had a black mayor until a black mayoral candidate beat the incumbent mayor of Pittsburgh. So in 2022, Pittsburgh will have their first black mayor. 😃

[@hathor4isis]

@Brendan Sullivan I know that Boston is getting a black mayor, because of this video. Pittsburgh's black community is historically underrepresented and so for Pittsburgh to have a black mayor is unheard-of.

[@Tracymmo]

Cleveland's on its third, the first one elected in 1967.

[@megamoneyk]

I grew up in Boston in the 80's after bussing. South Boston was still dangerous back then. Boston is tribal even for white folks. Many white ethnic groups live in a certain area. The Italians from East fight with the Irish from South Boston. In high school, I had a white guy friend who boasted about his friends trying to fight black guys who were driving in white areas. My idea of race is different because I was born in Jamaica and moved to Boston at age 7. I also had an activist mom and a white step dad. She tauaght me that whites are not better than me. I think many black folks are traumatized and do not fight racism. They have race sickness that keeps them mediocre. The city is sick. For example, when I was a teen I would mock white folks by holding my bag and looking afraid of them. I did it because they did it to me first. I left for college in DC because I wanted to be around more blacks. I went to Georgetown. Then I went law school in New York. In New York, whites and blacks party together. In Boston, I do not see much mixing socially. I like nice lounges and fine dining. I think native white folks in Boston are very basic. They are not well-traveled or sophisticated. was asked if I was in Seaport looking for a white man. A white-passing Cape Verdian asked me that while hitting on me. People are crazy about race. I was eating in the seaport because I like Strega and I'm used to fine ding. I do not see fine dining in the black parts. I realized that white folks are surprised to see me in certain places. I think many blacks have been broken. Unlike me who is a rebel, they just stay in their so-called lane. I am the type to tell people my mind so if a person is a racist, I address what I call disrespect due to microaggression. My mom was an activist in Boston when I was a kid. My reaction to racism is to fight through it. I think racism is not something my family was used to. We know about it but in Jamaica, we did not have it in our faces like in America.

[@uduakudo8789]

I really appreciate this conversation... it had the perfect balance of earnest revelation & comedy... I think Roy & the team at the Daily show touched on a sensitive topic diplomatically... which is refreshing

[@pgmg-and-tv]

This is true.. I lived in Boston..never again. I moved back to New York the minute my son had a graduation date.. (college)

[@graylinshowell7051]

I am a black man who has been living in New England for 4 years now. Maine is the 8th state I have lived in, so I like to think that I have a pretty diverse experience of the United States. Racism here feels strange. Where I grew up, it was much more in your face. I don't want either probably racist or said and did racist things while telling you that racism was over. I can't tell you the number of times I've heard white people use the n word and then explain to me why it's okay for them to do so and how I'm wrong about what it means. Up here, most racism is lowercase r racism, they are much of it feels as though it stems from ignorance more than malice or prejudice. The majority of what I've experienced could almost as easily be attributed to just not liking people "from away" or not actually having any experience with or as a minority. Also, I think there is an equal amount of people who will strongly oppose people who are overtly racist and people who slide out deny the statistics that show that racism is still real or present.

[@catalinacurio]

I’m petite but without thinking got in the middle of a fight that was starting when four white men were being racist to the wrong black guy who was having none of it, knowing they would easily bust him up. I told him that Karma has never let me down and that these fat racist punks weren’t worth it. Thankfully he understood my point and went on home.

[@commonsense571]

@@catalinacurio 💔🌹

[@blakelip3]

Maine?? Is that state racist

[@graylinshowell7051]

@@blakelip3 Every state is racist, the only difference is how much and in what ways.

[@blakelip3]

@@graylinshowell7051 okay I gotcha I bet the winters there were no joke lol

[@chancerobinson5112]

There’s only one person more important than Roy Wood Jr.. (Drumroll). Roy Wood Sr.! 😂☮️

[@adamhawn2523]

Still stuck on the median household income of black families is only $8?! 😳 That also means there are black families in Boston with less than that. 🙄

[@edricaldones9639]

Not income, but wealth.

[@mvpfocus]

@@edricaldones9639 That's correct, they were talking about net worth. I think it's fair to say that the comment is still salient however, because if you have a net worth of $8, either you have a lot of debt, or you are broke, or both.

[@Tracymmo]

@@mvpfocus A lot of debt, low income and few assets like a house.

[@juanitaholland3378]

When I was a girl scout we went there and experience it. When we got in the pool at the hotel all the whites got out and left. When dinning they sat us in a back closed off room so we wouldn't be seen. Haven't been back since.

[@CheKo0987]

I'm sorry this happened to you. It's a historical city that you have every right to have experienced the same way as white children would have been afforded.

[@mvpfocus]

When was this? That's crazy how they used a private party room to discriminate. That's one way that they probably try to justify it to themselves, because it usually costs more to dine in a private party room at restaurants. Obviously though, if the restaurant wasn't full, and you didn't request a private room, it was intentional on their part.

[@billiev8705]

The "negrometer" made me laugh so hard! 😂 The things they come up with...

[@glendaclark1799]

I love the conversation and education. I’m surprised Boston is that racist too. I love the direction TDS is going. I love the combination of Trevor and the crew providing intellectual stimulation educating, and enlighting and the entertainment with their talented wit and them just actin’ a fool. Please don't feel bad, Roy; I can't say Worcester either.

[@ResilientBiscuit]

“Wuss-tuh” if you’re local. “Wuss-ter” if you’re not.

[@serenity4ever2010]

I had a family who wanted to go on a vacation in Boston. Why would you go from one racist city to a more racist city. No thanks!🤨🙄

[@mvpfocus]

Family from where? You only mentioned one city but referred to two.

[@mvpfocus]

@Brendan Sullivan I asked a different question to the commenter above. Perhaps you meant to reply to someone else?

[@vc5243]

My mother grew up in Boston and described the awful racism she encountered all the time, including against Jews. She left at 18 and never wanted to go back.

[@TreeBug88]

Don’t go to Weymouth there’s something scary there

[@abepresume8132]

Go where you want. Bring a gun. You're not your unarmed ancestors.

[@dfoster4001]

...and a GREAT conversation for us to be having about the impact of past wrongs, our current needs, and encouraging citizens to get involved in local government to develop a plan for repair.

[@tiffanyanderson9437]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Great piece! Love the use of allergy and allergic. And I think Boston has very few microaggressions, they are 99% macro. Funny how white people can’t feel the racism, but stepping in the city as a Black person, you feel it right away. Must be those allergies.

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

I love, Love, LOVE *Beyond the Scenes with Roy Wood Jr!!!* Informative, entertaining, and incredibly educational. I Really appreciate all you do at *The Daily Show with Trevor Noah* to not just entertain us, but give us information that can actually make the world a better place IF we adopt the values you teach.

[@ellengio3133]

This is freaking awesome 👏🏼👍🏼 oh, and I’m from Boston and I love Che, but It’s the truth unfortunately… it’s mad racist in some areas here 😐

[@msandropystreams5555]

This is the best work I have seen from Roy Wood Jr. This was fantastic, ty for this.

[@chundabrantley2640]

thank you guys for doing this piece, I lived in Brookline, Ma for years and my children in the school system had to get an education at home about regarding black history and white microaggressions. They still have segregated after school programs to this day WTH and I moved there in 2011 till 2019 and I was extremely upset how the ppl act toward race and racial convos. Well done guys, keep up the great work.

[@karenmalik4111]

I’m white. I know there is racism. One thing to keep in mind that Boston has a thing about lineage that also is an issue for “new” white people. My parents moved to Boston when I was a small child . My mom got so tired about hearing people tell her that they were descended from the Pilgrims. She was considered an outsider and they made her feel like she would never fit in there because of her lack of history. My parents moved back to California after two years.

[@Tracymmo]

Or you're not Irish enough or Italian enough.

[@Denileism]

This is great, keep this series going. Also, sad that I literally never heard about any of these stories of racial issues in Boston. All we talked about in school was slavery(happened but not why or the implications), mlk(same thing no why), and a guy made peanut butter. Like come on now people.

[@mariejane1567]

😭😂

[@jessicabw]

It's great that you have Black Bostonions in this discussion. Also Roy's comparison to getting your car fixed for one thing and them finding other issues is spot on.

[@growthisfreedomunitedearth7584]

Sooo, in conclusion, Boston is more than 2240 UR's (units of racism per person) on the Negrometer, beating out every other location except Mar-a-Lago.

[@hgo883]

Amazing content! It's by sharing conversations like this that can make a difference. Yes, it may be small but the seed is planted. It's so hopeful to hear white people say in the comments they recognize that they never thought about racism too much nor understood how pervasive it is. To hear that they recognize that people of color are going through trauma (and still rising). We have been yelling it from the rooftops for sooooo long, it's tiring. Thank you, thank you. More please. Let's keep healing.

[@bklyntraveler9705]

Boston is literally the equivalent of Staten Island. During the same era (mid-70s) there was a new middle school that was built in an all white neighborhood, and black and hispanic children were bussed to that school. There were parents who were all but foaming at the mouth screaming at the children on the busses, and these children were terrified. A few years later (around 1980) a Staten Island high school in a different white neighborhood had to lock the black and hispanic students in a shop classroom and bring a bus near that entrance to get those students out of the building safely. I'll stop there, but there are plenty of stories about racism in Staten Island. Google it, and then do a segment there! As CJ said, people in Staten Island are allergic to the question.

[@Tracymmo]

I loved when Pete Davidson said there weren't just racist cops there, but racist firefighters too.

[@latasharogers5263]

I was born in raised in Boston and now I live in the south. I can tell you it’s way more racist in the South than Boston for sure.

[@lorenzacoleman9210]

Who on here remember the Charles Stuart case involving a white Boston man who killed his wife and blamed it on a Black Man.

[@devrasays]

Roy Wood Jr is a national treasure.

[@jasminbenjamin8176]

One of my favorite piece in the Daily show. It was informative and funny. Great job 👏

[@yvnkishore]

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[@connievictor1803]

This piece is not just beyond the scene, it is educating, interesting, impactful, eye opening, and so much more. You guys are amazing!!! Thanks to the daily show crew and all the people that make out time to attend the show and talk about important issues like this. I have learned more from this piece than any history class. Thanks again guys!🙏

[@sharonkaufmann3992]

Love the conversational aspect of this bit compared to the usual ZING, ZING, ZING jokes! It was a pleasant way to educate and expand our thinking (with ZING or two)! 🤔 😉

[@blackirishlabel3097]

As a black woman who grew up in Mattapan, went to Boston Latin School, lived in Atlanta for 13 years and came come to become a teacher in BPS at South Boston High (now Excel) whew the changes. Only about 1% of the original South Bostonians live there today. Replaced by young people who work at The Seaport.

[@katherinemartinez3404]

I did my undergrad at BU. Coming from SoCal is was bizarre feeling like such a minority, but stupidly I didn’t question it. After a couple of years it dawned on me how hypocritical it was that the same college that Dr. Martin Luther King attended, had so few black students. BU uses MLKs legacy in almost all of its advertising to potential students. So where are the black students? BU has a very low admittance rate, yes, but you can’t tell me there aren’t more brilliant, talented students of color who want to study at a great university.

[@megamoneyk]

we need to heal the trauma I feel trauma just being black. When I meet a race sick black person who is not woke, I feel like we as blacks have an almost impossible job ahead as a collective. Many of us are broken some more than others.

[@melvinbrennaniii2355]

Powerful. Thank you.

[@guitarz455]

I was in Boston in 1975 staying at the Holiday Inn in Government Center when a Black man was coming back from lunch and got struck in the ribs by a group of young White radicals opposed to school integration...we were playing at the Sugar Shack.