Race and the Boston Mayoral Race
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Here's the lead paragraph of the Times news article about the preliminary election in the Boston mayoral race:

BOSTON — Two white men of Irish descent topped the balloting on Tuesday in the crowded race for mayor of Boston, dashing the hopes of many that this would be the year an African-American woman might have a shot at the top job in City Hall.

Is the most important thing to know about John Connolly and Martin Walsh really that they are "white men of Irish descent"? I live in Boston and have followed the mayoral election closely. If there were "many" who hoped that "this would be the year an African-American woman" would get elected mayor, not enough of them showed up to vote yesterday.

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Race and the Boston Mayoral Race
smartertimes.com

Here's the lead paragraph of the Times news article about the preliminary election in the Boston mayoral race:

BOSTON — Two white men of Irish descent topped the balloting on Tuesday in the crowded race for mayor of Boston, dashing the hopes of many that this would be the year an African-American woman might have a shot at the top job in City Hall.

Is the most important thing to know about John Connolly and Martin Walsh really that they are "white men of Irish descent"? I live in Boston and have followed the mayoral election closely. If there were "many" who hoped that "this would be the year an African-American woman" would get elected mayor, not enough of them showed up to vote yesterday.

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