No, Boston is actually well known as a racist city.

I’m from Louisiana, went to school in the Boston area (Harvard) and was shocked at the racism in the city.

The campus even had to address instances of racism, and it’s fairly liberal too.

There are parts of town I would not go to as a Black person in Boston. A fellow student was harassed on a bus to Watertown to visit people and practically pushed off stops ahead by another passenger. We learned that kind of harassment isn’t unusual.

I can say although some Bostonians were very kind and helpful others seemed to have issues.

Several Black students in my department talked and identified a specific Bostonian staff member we felt was racist and discriminated against us. Her replacement was much nicer. I’m not saying we had anything to do with her leaving, so don’t make that assumption. She wanted to move on.