Embrace Boston adds to call for racial reparations

By Grant Welker • Published February 29, 2024 • Updated on February 29, 2024 at 2:21 pm

The nonprofit behind the Embrace monument in Boston Common is calling for reparations, adding its voice to growing considerations to repairing the Boston area’s legacy going back to slavery.

The nonprofit advocacy group Embrace Boston is calling for reparations for Black residents across Massachusetts, adding its voice to an issue already receiving greater consideration than ever.

Embrace Boston said in a new report released this week that policies that have harmed Black residents in the state endure today, including ongoing discrimination and a lack of access to affordable housing, education, healthcare and food.

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