Boston Globe, June 27, 2020: ‘What can I do?’: 19 Black and brown business leaders want to drive a movement to end racial inequities
In this moment of racial awakening and anguish, the question on many minds is: “What can I do?”
For 19 Black and Brown business leaders in Boston, it was the question, too. They felt compelled to respond, and they’ve come up with a big idea: the creation of the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund.
If this sounds familiar, think again. Sure, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh launched the city’s version of a racial equity fund last week as his staff scrambled to find people of color to serve on the steering committee.
But if members of our White power establishment were really woke, they probably would have had the sense to stand off to the side and let Black and Brown leaders, you know, lead.
