How Racist Is Boston? | The Daily Show

[@PRDreams]

I lived in Boston for 21 years. Love that place and I say it is my adoptive state (I am from a US territory). I left Boston because between 2015 and 2018 me and my family experienced a sudden increase in micro aggressions that culminated with a white kid attacking my black son with a metal chair in front of the teacher and the teacher did nothing to stop the attack because my son "could take it". I asked the teacher if my son would have defended himself if he would have intervene then and he said "of course, I said he can take it, not that he could fight him". The kid got 6 months probation and if he didn't re offend during those 6 months charges would be dropped and if he re offended, he would have done 6 months at a juvenile center. To be clear, I am ok with that. The next week my husband was hired by two racist guys who offered him to work "without papers" when my husband is American. Finally at work a new employee was annoyed that he had to ask me, as his superior, for permission to leave and sent me an email saying "I'm heading back to where I came from and you should too." and Cc'd the entire team including my superior, thinking that his whiteness was enough to protect him. He was fired after refusing to apologize to me (and the team) and for refusing to stay as he was instructed by his superior and his superior's superior. Regardless the damage was done. Boston wasn't home anymore, it is damaged goods. I'm back home and I'm happy. Here I'm just another human walking down the street. I like that a lot.

[@Shayiamiam]

I'm so terribly sorry that happen to y'all. Especially your son he was just a kid.

[@NathanielJordan85]

That is disgusting and I am ashamed. I'm sorry this happened to you and yours. :'(

[@tammyjantzen9004]

Terrible. I too, noticed how much worse it was getting. Our former president normalized hate, disrespect, and name calling. White people have to stand up against systemic racism and push, push, push for change. It's sick and shameful. All because of the amount of melatonin in one's skin. It's ridiculous. I'm really sorry this happened to you and your son.

[@qawamity]

On some level, as a Masshole, I feel responsible for this. I'm sorry.

[@cocoknows]

Thank you for sharing your story. I am so sorry this happened to you and your family. I hope that these injustices stop happening in Boston and across the country someday soon.

[@jenniferhizzy6591]

Being at the receiving end of something is very different than looking in and never experiencing it.

[@knightmarecityk]

That is so true.

[@kaylabowden3883]

What a surprise

[@jashanestone]

✅✅&✅ 💯

[@kevinreily2529]

Like "toxic mean spirited feminism". Blaming men for everything wrong with a womanist's life.

[@TheMsLady4Real]

@@kevinreily2529 No, just racism! The data and records prove it!

[@terencewright1577]

Notice they had to fade that one lady out because she said Boston 😂

[@neogenzim1995]

they sure live up to their reputation. : D

[@tharushsomashekar]

She's a future karen

[@leebrock4783]

They didn't "have to". She must not have given consent (didn't want to be publicly outed as Boston's only non-racist white person). Btw, I think that was a joke 🙏.

[@terencewright1577]

@@leebrock4783 I understand what you are saying and I know it was a joke. Just saying that's why she didn't sign the consent form.

[@anselmojones4392]

lol consent form? She's in public. In no way did she have to be blurred.

[@mannysabir1339]

The old white guy said HE doesn't feel it. I laughed immediately 🤣. Then a half hour later when I finally stopped laughing, I said yeah you wouldn't.

[@mannysabir1339]

@@bt9765 The one that was tried on January 6th??? Oh wait, that was here 🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@markdelaney9143]

Exactly 💯 love from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@racheltucker8054]

@@bt9765 this isn't Myanmar. These are are black brothers and sisters in Boston.

[@jcallender3133]

Is it truly hard to empathize with others even if you have never experienced the same treatment?

[@DinoDillinger]

I guess he doesn't get invited to the meetings where they discuss how to hold the black man down.

[@dwhite8997]

"Know your neighborhood, know where you are ALLOWED..." where you are allowed?! Allowed? So, I have to ask someone where I'm allowed 🤦🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️😔

[@BrotherKnowledge.]

Nope. You do whatever you want to do. 😏

[@VR6NAVYVW]

Like there isn't neighborhoods that white people aren't allowed to go. Double standards.

[@samuelsmith25]

@@VR6NAVYVW : Where is this neighborhood you speak of?

[@PRDreams]

@@VR6NAVYVW you guys are allowed everywhere. Stop it. You might not feel safe in certain neighborhoods and that is *your* biases making you feel that way. Don't be afraid, we don't bite. Ok, maybe Mike Tyson, but the rest of us BIPOC don't bite.

[@carolynbaez6782]

@@samuelsmith25 He said it wrong..Neighborhood where They don't want to go..😂😂😂

[@thexalon]

Reminder: This is the metro area that arrested Dr Henry Lewis Gates, Jr, distinguished Harvard professor, for having trouble getting into his house and getting mad when the cops didn't believe it was his. Bringing truth to the Malcolm X line about what a black guy with a PhD is called in America.

[@erik_griswold]

The Boston Bruins NHL team had a black player before the Red Sox did.

[@JK-gu3tl]

Thomas Sowell said he had to change into casual clothing whenever he had to cross Southie on his way to Harvard. If (as an AA man) had a suit on, he would've ran into trouble.

[@howardmulvihill6726]

I totally forgot about that, thank you for reminding me. That was truly disgusting what the police did and continue to do. 👍😷💉🗽

[@TheMsLady4Real]

@@erik_griswold Wow so much progress! (sarcasm)

[@dipthongthathongthongthong9691]

@@erik_griswold Hahaha, so its been moving backwards since then? Boston touting its acts of racial progressivism is basically the tallest dwarf contest.

[@TheFunGun5]

"How can a town with so many great colleges produce nothing but dopes?" -Peter Griffin

[@margaretwalsh852]

You don't really think a Whallburger went to college. Prison yes, college no.

[@TheoSprinkles]

Boston is or at one time was, the largest concentration of Urban White poverty in the Western Hemisphere

[@margaretwalsh852]

@@TheoSprinkles Right up thru the 90's until Southie and Charlestown and Rossi and JP residents sold to yuppies and retired to the suburbs with mortgage free homes.

[@charlesstuart7290]

Yeah -Peter Griffin would say something like that.

[@The_Blue_Wizard]

Well, we did vote down rank choice voting...

[@InteractiveIdea]

I got an Indian Friend who moved out of Boston due to racism. And he was earning 6 figures

[@WarpraW]

@@trumpsmum9210 What are you talking about?

[@lucylle3132]

Yea, wth does that mean? Coming up in here just talking trash.........

[@flux202]

Annually?

[@ChrisSamuel1729]

@@WarpraW How did you do that? You asked a question and their comment vanished in a puff of code. 😂😂

[@WarpraW]

@@ChrisSamuel1729 they were being racist so there comment was removed ig

[@mlggamer5296]

Wokey the Walrus. That's honestly the most hilarious mascot of all time I've ever heard

[@steakknives]

Didn't like Jeff the diseased lung?

[@robertcabrera6232]

@@steakknives Too funny!

[@mlggamer5296]

@John Redcorn no dude why would I be racist towards my own people?

[@deemayjor]

@@mlggamer5296 u mean humans?

[@mlggamer5296]

@@deemayjor you're not wrong

[@TJwon9457]

Before moving to boston I had heard how liberal the city was. When I moved there I was surprised at how segregated it is.

[@bettathanu2244]

That's most cities and neighborhoods. Atlanta is diverse, but step outside Atlanta and you're right back in Georgia. I'm glad people feel welcome to the ATL though.

[@yawos9024]

@@bettathanu2244 Atlanta is still pretty conservative as compared to other major cities. Coming from Chicago, I find Atlanta pretty stuck up!

[@bettathanu2244]

Trees and scenery are being replaced with tons of buildings, homes and traffic. These are big changes for rural areas, so we are allowed to be conservative in that regard. Chicago and Atlanta have drastically different origins, cultures, historical context, and economies. The bible belt is conservative, but its slowly changing. Just understand Atlanta is a unique metro area and pretending like all cities are the same is silly. We are all conservative to one degree or another in varying ways. You shouldnt let that turn you away from experiencing what's around you.

[@vibesmom]

Hugely segregated and it took me traveling down south to realize that. We live next to each other not with each other.

[@bixnood7273]

For White people being a liberal is a status symbol. If they can afford to live away from Blacks, they can pretend to care about them. The ones who can't afford to live with other Whites don't have the patience for it.

[@h0twire15]

"how racist is Boston?" *shows Mark Wahlburg* Ah so that's a "yes"

[@rgwak]

3 out of 5 racists agree, that whatever you're talking about, that's not "racist." 🤔🙄😅

[@Bat_Boy]

Racist definition: “a person who is prejudiced against or antagonistic toward people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.” How do people know the difference between the above and someone with unconscious (implicit) bias?

[@hambone4984]

I don't see the kkk burning crosses every night on people's lawns and there aren't public lynchings on a regular basis, we're segregated now so obviously there's no racism going on (sarcasm in case it needs to be clarified)

[@Bat_Boy]

@@hambone4984 sigh 😔

[@zawarski]

@@Bat_Boy pretty sure "unconscious bias" often feels the same as racism, to those on the receiving end.

[@Bat_Boy]

@@zawarski - I think people are concluding things that are not real. I offer unconscious bias as a more rational causation, however, even that, is not proven.

[@paulkeith5000]

Aaaargh! White guy here, born in Boston. I took over management and operations of the Boston School Transportation system under an independent management contract just a few years after Judge W. Arthur Garrity's desegregation order and was in that system for nearly 20 years. About 68% of my workforce of +/- 1400 employees - drivers, mechanics, supervisors, etc. - were non-white. In accordance with the terms of my contract I scheduled "Diversity Training" sessions at the outset of the contract. At one of the first meetings I made a reference to "minorities" but was called out on that. "Mister, just so you know. You are the minority here, not us." It was a wake-up call and then I started to learn and become aware of the challenges my employees faced - every day - in their respective neighborhoods and while on the job in some parts of Boston where they were not really welcome. It was humbling to say the least. Yeah, "Blue" Boston still has a deep "Red" streak...

[@lokitus]

Actually a lot of Red states are more welcoming than Boston. This has nothing to do with politics.

[@Me-zm7cr]

You know what, Bill Burr should probably get a real kick out of this one

[@edwardmorvan5809]

Don't talk for other people.

[@johnsnow5955]

White people: "I have never seen Racism in Boston." It is like they are not the victims of racism or something.

[@jashanestone]

💯 😂😂😂

[@user-rl1vd2lu9x]

Bill burr a real one

[@AlmostaFlipinSkater]

Bill Burr describes Boston as a "racist San Francisco".

[@JM-vj7we]

Even Denzel Washington was harassed there when he was on his hotel balcony! Back in the day 🧐

[@spirithawk2418]

Wow

[@LaughingMaRevolution]

it's not just him. Bill Russell of the Celtics was called derogatory names too

[@leonardwhite7838]

@@LaughingMaRevolution Bill Russell first came to Boston in 1957.

[@leonardwhite7838]

@Mr Man That is was 64 years ago: that should have been obvious.

[@leonardwhite7838]

@Mr Man What I'm saying is that people love beating up Boston as if there is no racism anywhere else in the country. With all the events of last year, we know that isn't true.

[@SourGir1986]

I KNOW that this is a video from "the before times," but I still had the impulse to yell "ROY! You're too close! Six feet!" That impulse is never really gonna go away, is it?

[@trevordavis9390]

Sounds like a lib problem. Normal people don’t worry about silly things like that

[@SourGir1986]

@@trevordavis9390 🤣 gosh you're cool.

[@Vashy434]

@@trevordavis9390 you realize by definition those who worry about covid are the majority and thus would be considered "normal." You are not normal.

[@DJ_TRON]

Yes it will. I've already forgotten it now

[@colaboytje]

I had the same thing. 'Put your mask on'.

[@dasikakn]

That “mm” after Jeff sessions said everything we needed to know how she felt about Jeff Sessions😆

[@haruruben]

The unit of measurement for racism is a Fuhrman. So saying one N-word outside the context of a rap song is one Fuhrman. So Boston is 278,000,581 Fuhrmans

[@haruruben]

@@ButThatsMuhFreeduhm Marsha Marsha Marsha

[@evilhorst2249]

As someone whos name is Fuhrmann i am confused

[@leonardocucchiara4782]

@@evilhorst2249 look up Mark Fuhrmann tapes

[@evilhorst2249]

@@leonardocucchiara4782 Ah no i remember he was the guy in the O.J Simpson case , right?

[@haruruben]

@@evilhorst2249 Google “Mark Fuhrman”, he became famous for using the N-Word at work

[@jimcooper1251]

How racist is Boston? Yes.

[@kaitlnwhite6809]

Gotta say, it’s definitely one of the most racist places I’ve been to. And my family’s from the South. I visited the city once and went to two stores while I was there. In both stores, I was told I was supposed to pay for the items I had in my shopping basket and a little girl asked me how “my skin got this way” before her mother ran over and said “we don’t ask them that question”. It’s probably a wonderful city for some people, but certainly not a place I’d go to without an incentive.

[@sheilameyers152]

Don’t go downtown on St Patrick’s Day at night!!

[@MarGotDaHeat]

@@sheilameyers152 is there a backstory to this

[@sheilameyers152]

@@MarGotDaHeat ...Yes... some of the St Patrick revelers have a tendency to call out racial slurs! That usually causes street fighting and chaos!

[@sheilameyers152]

@ben brody ......Was talking about 2019!

[@ModernDayWarriorz76]

Roy Wood Jr is so underrated, if you haven’t watched any of his stand up specials go do that right now!!!

[@diesel2x]

I think the biggest problem in Boston is the teachers do nothing, if they see bullying. My daughter who is not black has experienced that and has observed that kids get away with a lot of aggression on minority kids and the teachers do nothing. Most of this happens in middle school. In high school things get much better

[@connerswift7939]

Lol did you blur that one person's face because of how vocally they agreed with the racism? Just an odd observation I made, not sure if anyone else saw that 😂

[@ChrisSamuel1729]

They refused to sign the TV release

[@connerswift7939]

@@ChrisSamuel1729 that makes sense. It was just a weird thing I noticed lol

[@Monk-Amani.]

You're not alone.

[@sekenamcmurren2217]

I saw it 🙄

[@knightmarecityk]

Anyone who won't sign a release has to be blurred.

[@shayjones5099]

I went to Boston to record at Rick Ocasic's studio with a Chicago heavy metal band. Afterwards I was taken to the airport to wait for my flight, and if you've been there you know how the seating used to be. A white woman told the waitress that she didn't want to be seated near me and asked her to move me and the roadie some place else. The waitress told her to sit somewhere else. Yeah, that was in the 80"s.

[@bluekitsune20]

Smdh.

[@LindaC616]

When my niece and I were walking around and we got to the North end (v. Italian neighborhood) and asked for directions to Paul Revere's house, someone actually said "and turn left at the only Chinese restaurant on the North end". My jaw was hanging open

[@joshuajagmohan4553]

@@LindaC616 What is that suppose to mean?

[@LindaC616]

@@joshuajagmohan4553 it means exactly what they said

[@NatTurnergrandsonChrisdorner]

I bet if you ask these white walkers why don't they like black people they couldn't give you a valid reason. Black people hate and dislike is engrained in a lot of Caucasians yet they dont know why! 🤣🤦🏾‍♂️

[@michaelmorningstar8645]

"How racist is Boston." Shows a celebrity that took out a guys eye in a hate crime.

[@magellanmax]

Racism in Boston mostly manifests itself in home ownership/rentals. There are places where a highly educated & distinguished black person/family won't be allowed to live and this is accomplished through homeowner associations or realtors (or both). Fenway Park is notorious for racist punks because the club ignored the issue until recently when it got splashed in the major newspapers around the country and brought enormous shame to the city/area and threatened their ability to sign quality talent. I lived there for over 20 years so I'm speaking from firsthand experience.

[@lexkanyima2195]

Why there is a problem ?

[@mjerome1457]

You are correct about the Housing discrimination. I totally experienced that two years ago...and just posted about my experience in Boston on here.

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@mjerome1457 ouch

[@bluscorpion]

I noticed. I spoke to a guy about buying a house and the condescending tone was wild!

[@deborahmillette]

Lol 😂 I grew up in Boston they IS RACIST, but walk away a few blocks and they’re not racists it’s crazy, even I was targeted by Caucasians even though my Mom was Caucasian, my Dad was mixed , and my husband was shot at 16 for being half White and Pacific Islander , I can tell y’all some stories

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

Can I hear it?

[@RedBloopCreature]

Let me go get my popcorn

[@ཇཇཀཟས]

😎🍿

[@TheGenericAssasin]

Can we hear one of the stories?

[@kaitlnwhite6809]

Gotta say, it’s definitely one of the most racist places I’ve been to. I'm Black and my family’s from the South. I visited the city once and went to two stores while I was there. In both stores, I was told I was supposed to pay for the items I had in my shopping basket and a little girl walked up to me and asked me how “my skin got this way” before her mother ran over and said “we don’t ask them that question”. It’s probably a wonderful city for some people, but certainly not a place I’d visit or live in without an incentive.

[@jennyborahae2123]

I’m Asian American, born and raised in NYC. Oh yeah, I felt the racism for sure when I visited Boston a few years ago. I got stares by white folks as if I’m some alien foreigner. And no, I wasn’t wearing some outrageous outfit or anything that would attract attention other than the color of my skin. The last time I had this happening was when I visited Frankfurt, Germany with my family couple of years ago, everyone stared at us on the train. I would assume this happens if I visited somewhere south of the USA, but I wouldn’t of thought a huge city in the northeast would act this way, but YUP. The reason I bring this up is because for centuries nobody listened to Asian voices about racism towards us, this new generation is tired of it, time to speak out especially now more than ever before. No more sweeping it under the rug. This so called “model minority” is very damaging. Side note: I grew up with racist remarks since I was a kid by white neighbors, and I lived in the most diverse city on earth, QUEENS NY. racist folks are everywhere.... even where you think there won’t be. Unfortunately. Let’s spread love not hate. Also - first and foremost - Black Lives Matter. The Black community are the only ones I was able to confide in and look up to because of the struggles they’ve been through, I couldn’t relate my own experiences with any other, there were no Asian representation or voices heard anywhere when I grew up. Let’s love one another 💜

[@hubertcumberdale2651]

"Borahae". Didn't know Asians were Celtic.

[@thesauceman8457]

@@hubertcumberdale2651 Many non-white Americans have Euro-centric last names. What’s your point? The OPs comment still stands.

[@karlnewton1958]

My siblings and I were "mixed" in Brooklyn in the 1940's, when even that was very rare. So, yeah, more love, lots of love, and no more sweeping any of that hate - even subtle hate - under the rug.

[@desinho9]

'Everyone stared at us'? in Frankfurt, Germany?? Probably looking at the loud Americans rather than 'the Asians' 😏

[@DWilliam1]

Serious question: are you concerned about all the assaults on Asians happening across the country and especially in NYC?

[@alexisc6136]

Roy Wood Jr is hilarious

[@michaeljackson8390]

I expose our government! I have 2 million overall views..

[@Monk-Amani.]

Failed to feel the humor.

[@KVJ-w7h]

@@Monk-Amani. ah cause you like WS huh?

[@kung-fukennyfamily]

Shout out to The chill White people that want unity/peace and stand with minorities❤.

[@michaeljackson8390]

I expose our government! I have 2 million overall views..

[@kissit012]

The term minority is applied completely backwards as being white literally makes them the global minority.

[@raventv9826]

Shout out back to you. One love❤️

[@mr.dakamd5444]

Even amongst those whites there’s dissent

[@hafsaummmusa9923]

"Know where you're wanted?" That's tragic.

[@karlnewton1958]

That "knowing" avoids the bigger tragedies of injury or even death. So, I'm for knowing NOW, and changing attitudes, and self-awareness, and practices as I am given the inspiration to do it with some compassion (for everyone!).

[@sebastianrook5478]

My buddy moved back to Philly from Boston. He said it was too racist aaaand He's white.

[@noorykorky5056]

What??????? Really????? Oh, wow. Then we know that it is not obscure to white people if your friend saw it; the people in this video are just turning a blind eye towards it.

[@raventv9826]

@@noorykorky5056 definitely not. I'm white and I hate the racists probably more than most people. They make me feel ashamed, sometimes to the point where I want to rip of my skin/whiteness Cz that's what white people be seen for.

[@Virus-xm7qc]

@@noorykorky5056 I know what you're saying about the first white couple BECAUSE as they spoke, like them I could. FEEL, that they were on the OUTSIDE just looking in...SAaaaaad.

[@bluscorpion]

Wow! Haha! That's crazy!

[@bluscorpion]

But isn't Philly segregated also??

[@eltejarocho]

Wokey the Walrus should be its own segment from now on 🤓

[@thedayones4918]

I moved to Boston in 2018 big mistake! I was out of there by January 2019. Bostonians you win you can keep your town white. 😔✌🏽

[@y1521t21b5]

3:46 Had to laugh at the sounds that lady made in reaction to the names _Jazzy Jeff_ and _Jeff Sessions._ :-D

[@edkerry87]

Born and raised in Boston and have many troubling personal anecdotes. Now I live in the burbs and have to try to explain structural racism to Republicons who don't think it exists.

[@vibesmom]

It’s disheartening because there is such a wide gap of understanding. Political affiliations aside, It’s going to take a lot of patience.

[@angelamoore1832]

so true. keep having conversations

[@esl4058]

You’d think all they would need to fix things would be to learn New York is ahead of them. Usually that’s all it takes to get Bostonians into full on rage mode.

[@charlesstuart7290]

Hey I think New York has had about ten deaths by cop in the last few years - they are leading Boston 10-0.

[@esl4058]

@@charlesstuart7290 I stand corrected. Apparently all it takes is the mention of "New York" to trigger them.

[@sachemofboston3649]

Sadly we’re really not. All major northeastern cities have huge problems with racism

[@adamagustus1316]

there is no non-racist place on earth

[@vanpeters9751]

And there's no race not guilty of racism

[@simonphillips9604]

@@vanpeters9751 you should look up the definition of racism

[@professornadinelima1783]

YES and I’m from the region. In the October of 1989 we rode the train to work the morning Charles Stuart’s pregnant, and mortally wounded wife Carol was featured on the front cover of the paper. The tension was so thick on the train, you would think we did it. By the way after going on a hunt for any African American man who the husband said shot them, it was actually the husband 😡 who killed she and their unborn son.

[@117thstreet_Hebrew_Hamburgers]

Thank you for sharing. I always double check information people tell me, and I was sad to see it was worse than that.

[@professornadinelima1783]

@@117thstreet_Hebrew_Hamburgers yes it truly was. It was the first time the show “ Cops” was following live dispatches, and they filmed the whole episode and showed it on national TV. It was truly horrific seeing Carol’s head wound with her belly up in the air, and them doing CPR. How sad it was. 😭

[@tyrannosaurusburke]

I'm white, and I lived in Boston for 11 years. Boston is a city I still love, but it has a lot of work to do when it comes to racial equality.

[@JK-gu3tl]

equality in what way? Equality of opportunity? Sure. Results? Oh boy.............

[@domingofigueroa992]

Agree and no more racist than Philly and new York or most other American cities these cities now have a majority minority population

[@elawson1991]

Grew up in Beacon Hill so I definitely understood that "know your neighborhood" all to well.

[@johnnylight0]

“ A white person in Boston doesn’t wanna be the only white person in the room” No, I’m pretty sure that’s everywhere. And everyone. No one wants to be the only *anything* in a room, with a couple of exceptions

[@Elitecommando501]

That mindset is the problem with any human. The definition of tribalism. Sometimes I feel like the odd one if I’m the only Hispanic in the room so yes. Every human is guilty.

[@kissit012]

I never feel this way, but I’m autistic so being the odd one is always the case for me. I observe it a lot in others tho. It gets old really fast, most people just need to get over themselves. You’re special group isn’t all that special

[@0mega.mechan1c.]

Been waiting for this one. Back in the early '90s I had Beantown roommates who were the most passive-aggressive, closet racists I'd ever met up to that time. Another guy from Arizona was just as bad. I lasted almost 2 years & had to get outta dodge.

[@jessebjorkander5324]

so anyone else notice how comedy central keeps posting the same videos? Jordan Klepper has the same video posted about trump rallies like 1000 times. this video was made like 5 years ago itself.

[@moniquita720]

Actually, yeah, I was wondering why that is.

[@5pctLowBattery]

They usually do this when they are on vacation. Upload old videos. There is some award show this week Trevor is involved with.

[@htopherollem649]

Was just commenting about similar trends with science videos.

[@khirsah666]

It's about KZbin algorithms. They need to post something so they post stuff from past that is relevant to today's events.

[@jennaliedtke6752]

I thought I had just seen them all and was rewatching them lol thank you for this I thought I was crayy

[@KamisKisses]

Kelly Stamps already told us the truth about Boston💅🏿

[@denniswithabow]

@ben brody nope. THE TRUTH

[@Allthingsarepossibl3]

Yes she did and I believe her

[@steakknives]

I used to listen to the daily show on headphones and not actually watch it. From the way Trevor said his name, for the longest time I thought his name was: Roywood Junior.

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

I thought at first that Biden’s press secretary, Jen Psaki, was JenSOCKy, possibly a character in “Star Wars”. I was hospitalized in early 2010 with no Internet, newspapers, or TV. When I emerged a month later and saw a headline mentioning Kardashians, I thought we’d been invaded by the enemy of the Star Trek Federation.

[@freofroid]

W

[@alfredmontoya6740]

A couple of my MEXICAN friends went to go see their bro graduate from a college in BOSTON.....they got very cold shoulders in the "CHEERS" bar.

[@311jbknight]

When I was stationed in Connecticut in the 70's and 80s if you couldn't prove your family came over on the Mayflower you were looked down on, no matter what color. The Mayflower must have been a really crowded ship.

[@Monk-Amani.]

That's humorous.

[@heavymetalpermaculture]

Funny thing about coming over on the Mayflower, we're still 'illegal immigrants' that 'refused to integrate' and haven't 'learned the langague' (Wampanoag)...hardly in any position to look down upon anyone when we almost starved to death (twice).

[@JK-gu3tl]

Money made from killing whales.

[@sandal_thong8631]

Funny how you are allowed to have pride in an ancestor on the Mayflower, but you are cursed if you try to take pride in an ancestor who was Native American circa 1700-1800, because you're off the reservation.

[@JK-gu3tl]

@@sandal_thong8631 I see the opposite. Whites apologizing for slavery, nevermind many of their ancestors didn't even come from slaveowning societies and/or immigrated to America after the civil war. Everybody and their mom claims American Indian heritage it seems, and it's usually Cherokee...LOL

[@tonyoliver5537]

K.C. Jones the former Boston Celtics player and coach received racism when he went to buy a house in Framingham the neighbors said "they didn't won't any blacks to move in the house"

[@ratholin]

Roy Wood Jr. really is the star of this show.

[@kmo1765]

I wonder how much money was he paid to do this skit.

[@SK22000]

Those folks who say they don’t have a problem just let everyone know they don’t have any empathy or awareness

[@ravenrose5712]

I think the big problem is that people are still expecting racism to be always look like n-words and white hoods, and that's just not how it is. We know racism is bad, so racist people can't admit their own racism to themselves without risking social stigma, and if they can't admit it they can't change. At least that's my impression.

[@moore05586]

I love the daily show but I am so sick of them uploading old clips.

[@NathanielJordan85]

I'm happy to have easier access to much of their work, I just wish they were clearly marked, like Full Frontal's "Rewind" videos, so I can make informed decisions about an intentional re-watch vs. thinking it's something new and blowing a couple minutes realizing 'I've already seen this.'

[@moore05586]

@Mass Debater no problem, if you want to watch old material. Just click onto the "daily show" and scroll back.

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

2:22 That's like asking straight people about homophobia Or asking cis people about transphobia Wait that's politics

[@ebyas89]

Not the same

[@lisa._.the._.lovely]

I currently live in Boston & work as a Starbucks Barista, IF U FIND ME I'll give u your Grande Soy Latte FREE! ...But didn't grow up here. My nana here is a racist but you'd never know since she only says slurs while Maury is on and its always bothered me.

[@kerseysturdivant5093]

this comment is random AF. that being said, i'm looking forward to my Grande Soy latte

[@tiltman_420]

When he said Tampa on that list I about had the same reaction

[@vibesmom]

I’m from Boston and white. Yes we have a problem, I was teased endlessly as a kid for sticking up for the rights of black people. It infuriated me as a kid and it still does today. That was outright racism I saw by kids who followed parents lead. I find most people don’t feel that way about skin, they don’t outright hate people for their skin color. They do overlook everything they are experiencing though, and part of that is the result of a systematic racism that needs to be pointed out. Thankfully we are starting to talk about it. In the media, in the news, and my hope is it will spread to white people talking with each other. I have friends from all over with different understanding of the level of systematic racism and what it is. I do hear conversations happening in different places, but people are hard to change, and the fact is for most people racism is hating someone for the color of their skin. If they don’t feel that way they feel their done with that issue.You can change the name of Yawkey Way all you want, but until black families feel welcome in Fenway Park, we’ve done nothing.

[@luisfontuckey4521]

I visited Boston on trip with my GF a few years back. I have never in my life experienced such overt in your face racism. I thought I was being sensitive (not the sensitive type) but no, it was real. It was everywhere. I have travelled the world over and never experienced racism like I did on that trip. I will never set foot in Boston again.

[@jeanpierre9539]

Stop making up stuff 😂

[@fkdkidie]

​@@jeanpierre9539why can't ppl like you be back for just one day. You would NOT last

[@cocoknows]

Wokey the Walrus is awesome. He should make appearances across the country.

[@BB-uf9kk]

If the country is racist then wouldn’t that make all the cities racist?!!!?!????!!? 😂😂😂

[@It-b-Blair]

Oh wow! Akilah’s hair is so gorgeous! 🔥💯

[@mrs.elizabethdarcyladyofpe1288]

I was looking at her hair wishing I could find someone to do mine like that. Lol.

[@wickedamoeba8719]

Just yikes. I can’t believe I almost moved there. I’m so glad I dodged that bullet.

[@silverjay300]

Ok, personal experience: I'm a black guy from Mississippi. I enrolled at MIT in 2007 and during my time in the Boston/Cambridge area, I did not feel racist vibes. Granted, Boston as a city is likely very different than the collegiate environment, but that's just my experience.

[@christinet6336]

I was born in Boston (1973), raised in Boston, left in 2000 to travel the U.S. and now live in Virginia (the original home of the Confederacy). I'm ready to go back to Boston.

[@JK-gu3tl]

First 8 presidents came from Virginia, it's a blue state now thanks to federal spending.

[@christinet6336]

@@JK-gu3tl ... Yup, a blue state now, but it's new to being blue - lol. Old racist habits die hard down here.

[@JK-gu3tl]

@@christinet6336 Is that why AAs are fleeing San Fran?

[@christinet6336]

@@JK-gu3tl Based on the news I've read over the past 10 years, AAs are fleeing San Fran due to rising housing costs (like many other people from the area). The average person can't afford to live there.

[@JK-gu3tl]

@@christinet6336 What's driving up the cost? The free market? /s

[@johnlee9867]

This is an example of how media used to label “racism”. Racism against blacks. But what many people failed to realize is that racism has been happening to non-black minorities as well. Today, when we talk about racism, it shouldn’t just be about blacks, it should be about asians, latinos, aboriginals, and even whites.

[@oceanloverforever8233]

Shhh.. when perpetrator isn’t white, media is pretty quiet. Especially in innercity crimes against Asians

[@ms.modestfreeborn2943]

I have been in the Boston area for work, for 6 weeks now. I find level of micro aggressions astounding. I had to Google " is Boston racist" to find this video!!! How was I not told this prior to arriving? I thought this was the East Coast? It's sad. I can say that I don't feel safe here. That's crazy...

[@angelesconsuelos762]

Roy Wood Jr is a gem💎

[@2scoops624]

3:43 that jazzy jeff/Jeff sessions scale made me busy up laughing.

[@dereksmith348]

Dude, sociology degree with a concentration in cultural diversity. Working cust service now. I want this voice.

[@mylespw4231]

To be fair, Boston is an equal opportunity hater. I’ve heard people get hate for being Protestant, British, from Tennessee, Black, High School Dropout, Having a Perm, no matter what people in Boston will roast you

[@dabnailz5805]

I live in the next state over and even I know not mess with Boston. I am to "tanned" for that.

[@jflo7674]

I've been to Boston ONCE. Never again. I thought I was in the twilight zone. It was bad.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Bill burr should probably get a kick out of this one lol. Roy Wood jr is hilarious

[@michaeljackson8390]

I expose our government! I have 2 million overall views..

[@ghshomeimprovements]

Bill is from Canton MA small white town.

[@1tigerbee]

If you don't love Roy Wood Jr.----you just don't know how to love. He's brilliant from Birmingham to Boston.

[@thevirtualjonathan1284]

i could walk down every single part of boston and greater boston with no problems due to my race. that is absolutely not the same in L.A. or Chicago, or New York. the bruins were the first nhl team to integrate. also mark wahlberg has multiple convictions of assaulting blacks and asians (which normally wouldn't matter, except it was stated explicitly that race was a catalyst). so you win some you lose some.

[@seemoose6393]

Celtics were also the first team to integrate

[@JimmyG415]

Jeremy Renner isn't from Boston. He was in "The Town", but he got there a month early to learn the accent.

[@DIMP11]

He is Californian.

[@Vendoman500]

I been to Boston once. I’m never going back 😂

[@ottmarmontes]

They released this video before. Seems they just uploaded it agian.

[@johnniblu6318]

So hilarious😂💙

[@michaeljackson8390]

I expose our government! I have 2 million overall views..

[@andraddya8447]

😐

[@heavymetalpermaculture]

Grew up outside of Boston...I'm horrified, had no idea....

[@NorseButterfly]

Wokey The Walrus has a lot of work to do 😞

[@CM-vi9px]

Here’s what I can tell you from a Hispanic kid who grew up in Boston and is 22 , Boston is CLASSIST, People here judge and treat you depending on your social class

[@sandal_thong8631]

I learned that word, classist, this year, and I like it.

[@Bloxygames-c1g]

Exactly!.. it's more about family wealth than race that divides up Boston (all New England is of the same mindset)

[@ChanceJolivette]

the last woman screaming BOSTON!!!!! Hilarious lol

[@MJCKCA]

is this an old clip? it's rare to see audience laughter

[@BladeBloodTear]

Yeah they posted this I think back in 2018 under the exact same title.

[@luvizevol]

5:00 She thought it was funny but doesn't want other people to know she thinks it's funny...

[@lucylle3132]

I couldn't tell if they actually knew what they were cheering for, I hope, or if they were just in the "zone."

[@JS-qj1rp]

The 1st 4minutes was so deep, meta, and satirical

[@bella9698]

Why is this video not made available in Australia?

[@Mythraen]

Because Boston isn't in Australia... obviously! That's a joke. I have no clue.

[@amor5862]

The mayor declared racism a public health crisis but OK 👍

[@oldschool8798]

Love how Mr. and Mrs. Beacon Hill "don't feel racism".

[@sachemofboston3649]

More like mr and mrs suburbs, they definitely don’t live in Boston

[@mattcarlucci]

Roy Wood is going to join the long list of stars to come out of the daily show and shine.

[@metrini]

Its not just Boston. I lived out in Westwood with a white bf and on halloween the kids who were trick or treatin' asked if I was the maid..........

[@karlnewton1958]

I had a (late) friend who owned his own luggage retrieval company, but put on a chauffer's cap to deliver certain baggage in wealthy neighborhoods to score the big tips (and test the waters, too)!

[@sistasoul6077]

Next time tell them you're the paid,not the maid🍷🍷Blessings always..

[@MCPhaze1]

KZbin needs to pay the CC programmer a little more

[@papacinoooo]

😂

[@DawnDuchess]

Sis @ 2:43 lookin👀 reeeal suspect Like she knw they might own a sweat shop in their basement😭

[@pangaeus]

As a native Bostonian I have to say that the area is extremely segregated. At least it was when I went to school there. In one of the wealthier suburbs, Wellesley, out of my class of 200, there were only 2 black students who lived in town, and they were not African-American, they were British-African and Congolese. The rest of the black students were bused in daily from Dorchester or other Boston areas via the Metco system and Wellesley college also had a program to bring a couple black females from NYC to live on campus and go to the public high school. We read Black Boy and Native Son in English class and people were generally well-meaning, but it is hard to understand institutional racism when the towns around Boston are so segregated. Even when that is the definition of institutional racism.

[@lemonine907]

Why does The Daily Show keep reuploading old clips?

[@suzawilo]

Because of what's happening in the US *every* day☝🏽

[@jozz2248]

Thought this was an oldie

[@lastdaysproduction8618]

It’s because there running out of ideas lol

[@missednoahsarc2654]

Because it's still relevant

[@outtheratrace2885]

Boston is very segregated in neighborhoods...west roxbury housing cost is ridiculous

[@송준호-x1y]

Shows how important education rlly is

[@doubleyousee72]

As a resident of Massachusetts, boston is more racist than you want to think, and prolllley a little bit more than that.

[@eagleonesims613]

I am black and from The Bahamas. Had know issues with white folks in Boston. I was the only black guy on my Team in IT when I worked at Fidelity Investments in the early 2k. Played soft ball with different teams at work. Had white friends and nothing racist came up. Maybe they did that behind my back, but they were all cool. Got lost on some road late at night and a white family helped me out with directions. I was in my early mid twenties back then. My wife and I went on vacation a few years ago. First time going back since I left Boston. Ate at a ton of restaurants. People steered but didnt experience racism.

[@oceanloverforever8233]

I have very close friend in IT in Fidelity back then! If you work in IT in MA now you will notice how demographic changed. As for steering … people like people watching … I travel to Bahamas often (Mostly Nassau). People steer too. :)

[@mtk635]

Nobody from other countries experiences racism in America. Just the loud, angry, lazy poc who were born here

[@oceanloverforever8233]

@@mtk635 I know some people from Africa.. they would agree with you.

[@Citizen876ix]

2:46 white man saying he hasn't seen nor encountered racism 😂 his wife looked like she was going to call the cops when roy asked how do you know? here face was saying how dare you question my judgement black man

[@tomace7924]

“I don’t want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me.” -Frank Costello