Boston delays discrimination report after slavery research contract is cancelled
Boston’s reparations task force is considering delaying the release of a Northeastern University report on discrimination against Black residents since 1940, so it can be presented alongside replacement research on slavery and its legacy. The decision follows the cancellation of a Tufts University study after questions were raised about the accuracy of a book by its lead researcher; there is no suggestion that the Northeastern report itself contains errors.
The two reports were originally due to be published by 2023, and the research has drawn criticism after $500,000 was paid for it. Tufts and the city say they cancelled the first report’s contract because the lead researcher had left the university and no suitable replacement was found; Tufts returned the full contract value. The task force has not voted on withholding the Northeastern report, and it is unclear who has final authority. In 2024, Boston’s People’s Reparations Commission called for $15 billion in reparations.
In short
- Boston may delay a discrimination report until replacement slavery research is ready.
- Tufts cancelled its study and returned the contract’s full value.
- The task force has not voted, and authority over a delay is unclear.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Boston begins backtracking on reparations task force created at the height of ‘peak woke’”.