Interim CEO Beth Chandler Quoted in Article about Boston Police
Boston University’s independent school newspaper The Daily Press quoted YW Boston Interim President and CEO Beth Chandler in their article “Trivia app HQ under fire after Boston comment.” The article responds to the host of HQ Trivia, Scott Rogowsky’s, comment on the trivia app game that Boston is a “city of racist cops.” Read Chandler’s response to the comment:
“Beth Chandler, the interim president and CEO of YW Boston, a nonprofit organization working to end racial and gender disparities in Boston, said accusatory comments like Rogowsky’s fail to address the systemic nature of racism in institutions.
“There are practices and policies within the police department that are racist, but I would not necessarily categorize all of the police as racist,” Chandler said. “It’s important to talk about the practices and the policies and try to get away from talking about people.”
Read the full article here.