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http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/05/11/1675_indian_ban_puts_convention_bid_at_risk/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Business+News
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1675 Indian ban puts convention bid at risk
Minority journalists may reject Boston if law isn't repealed
By Keith Reed, Globe Staff | May 11, 2005
Boston is a finalist for hosting a big convention for minority
journalists, but a 1675 law requiring the arrest of Native Americans
who enter Boston could prevent the city from winning the bid.
Officials in City Hall and at the Massachusetts Convention Center
Authority met yesterday with the executive director of Unity:
Journalists of Color Inc. to discuss repealing the state law, which
has remained on the books despite being widely considered
unconstitutional.
Its continued presence has sparked ire among some within the
journalists' group, which represents Native Americans, African
Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans working in the news media.
''Our board members are very sensitive to each other, and we want to
make sure that no one group is offended or feels excluded," said
Unity's executive director, Anna M. Lopez.
Now the convention authority, the city, and at least two state
legislators want the law repealed before it can scuttle Boston's
chances of hosting Unity's 2008 meeting, which could bring millions in
revenue and 8,000 to 10,000 minority journalists. Convention planners
also hope to show the visitors that Boston is a diverse and welcoming
city.
''I'm going to continue to put the pressure of the Legislature to get
this passed," said Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who forwarded a petition
urging the law's repeal to Beacon Hill in December. Two Boston
legislators are introducing bills to do that.
Booking minority meetings has in recent years been a convention
authority priority as it tries to capitalize on changes that it points
out have created a diverse ''new Boston." The convention authority has
been wooing Unity's 16-member board since November. The board recently
named Boston, alongside Washington, D.C., and Chicago, as a finalist
for the 2008 convention. Officials are particularly concerned about
landing the event because of its size and the clout that its attendees
-- mainly working reporters -- wield.
''In the boardrooms of minority organizations, when they're
considering where to hold their conventions, Boston is not at the top
of the list, and we need to change that," said the Massachusetts
Convention Center Authority's executive director, James Rooney.
''If they go back and write about their experience in Boston and it
begins to break down the stereotype of what Boston used to be, then
that's great for the city," Rooney said.
For years, Boston has been perceived by many as a racially intolerant
city, epitomized by the violence that erupted over forced integration
of its high schools in the 1970s. City officials have long said that
image is outdated.
Unity is a coalition of four groups representing ethnic minorities in
the news media. Every four years, it hosts the annual conventions of
all the groups in the same city. The convention coincides with
presidential elections and has drawn both the Democratic and
Republican nominees as keynote speakers.
That could be the case in Boston in 2008, if the city can pass muster
with Unity's board, starting with wiping the antiquated anti-American
Indian law from the books. Lopez, Unity's executive director, said
Boston's bid would be hurt if the law is still on the books when the
group's board meets next month to decide where to hold its 2008
convention.
But Boston could gain an edge if the Legislature repeals it before
then, she said. Lopez is on a three-day tour of Boston that ends
today. It included tours of hotels, the new Boston Convention &
Exhibition Center in South Boston, and meetings with local minority
journalists and at City Hall.
Dan Lewerenz, president of the Native American Journalists Association
and a Unity board member, said Boston is not likely to get his vote if
the law stays on the books.
''We're considering what it means for us to endorse a city that
officially and effectively bans Native Americans," said Lewerenz, a
member of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska. ''We know it's not
going to be enforced, but in theory, the police could arrest us when
we arrive at the airport."
Absent the law, he said, Boston has as good a shot as the other
cities.
State Senator Dianne Wilkerson, Democrat of Boston, said she will
introduce a measure to repeal the 1675 law in the Senate, while
Representative Byron Rushing, also a Boston Democrat, will bring the
issue before the House.
Wilkerson said yesterday that the bill could be passed in a week, but
there's no guarantee it would be done that fast. ''It would be our
goal to have it done immediately," she said. ''After all the work that
people have done on this pitch, we would not sit by and allow
something like this be the thing that kept us from being the winning
bid."
How the law reads
The ban on Indians entering Boston has been on the books since 1675.
Two legislators are introducing bills to repeal it, as the city
requested.
We find that still there still remains ground of Fear, that unless
more effectual Care care be taken, we may be exposed to mischief by
some of that Barbarous Crew, or any Strangers not of our Nation, by
their coming into, or residing in the Town of Boston. . . . Secondly,
That there be a Guard appointed at the end of the said Town towards
Roxbury, to hinder the coming in of any Indian, until Application be
first made to the Governor, or Council if fitting, and to be . . .
remanded back with the same Guard, not to be suffered to lodge in
Town, unless in Prison.
Keith Reed can be reached at reed@globe.com.
© Copyright 2005 Globe Newspaper Company.
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| User: "Claytons Gone Fishing With Fredo Corleone" |
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12 May 2005 06:37:33 PM |
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"stoney" <stoney@the.net> wrote in message
news:u4n7811k89949lncm9f89pjkrh8ad28sk4@4ax.com...
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/05/11/1675_indian_ban_puts_convention_bid_at_risk/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Business+News
http://makeashorterlink.com/?C4F52311B
1675 Indian ban puts convention bid at risk
Minority journalists may reject Boston if law isn't repealed
By Keith Reed, Globe Staff | May 11, 2005
Boston is a finalist for hosting a big convention for minority
journalists, but a 1675 law requiring the arrest of Native Americans
who enter Boston could prevent the city from winning the bid.
The do know the guys who chucked all the tea in the harbour were only
dressed as indians, don't they?
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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13 May 2005 06:43:55 AM |
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On Fri, 13 May 2005 09:37:33 +1000, "Clayton's Gone Fishing With Fredo
Corleone" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonymails.com> wrote:
"stoney" <stoney@the.net> wrote in message
news:u4n7811k89949lncm9f89pjkrh8ad28sk4@4ax.com...
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/05/11/1675_indian_ban_puts_convention_bid_at_risk/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Business+News
http://makeashorterlink.com/?C4F52311B
1675 Indian ban puts convention bid at risk
Minority journalists may reject Boston if law isn't repealed
By Keith Reed, Globe Staff | May 11, 2005
Boston is a finalist for hosting a big convention for minority
journalists, but a 1675 law requiring the arrest of Native Americans
who enter Boston could prevent the city from winning the bid.
The do know the guys who chucked all the tea in the harbour were only
dressed as indians, don't they?
What kind of deviant tries to brew tea using cold, salt water? No
wonder we kicked you lot out of the Empire.
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| User: "Jez" |
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13 May 2005 06:59:40 AM |
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Christopher A. Lee wrote:
On Fri, 13 May 2005 09:37:33 +1000, "Clayton's Gone Fishing With Fredo
Corleone" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonymails.com> wrote:
"stoney" <stoney@the.net> wrote in message
news:u4n7811k89949lncm9f89pjkrh8ad28sk4@4ax.com...
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/05/11/1675_indian_ban_puts_convention_bid_at_risk/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Business+News
http://makeashorterlink.com/?C4F52311B
1675 Indian ban puts convention bid at risk
Minority journalists may reject Boston if law isn't repealed
By Keith Reed, Globe Staff | May 11, 2005
Boston is a finalist for hosting a big convention for minority
journalists, but a 1675 law requiring the arrest of Native Americans
who enter Boston could prevent the city from winning the bid.
The do know the guys who chucked all the tea in the harbour were only
dressed as indians, don't they?
What kind of deviant tries to brew tea using cold, salt water? No
wonder we kicked you lot out of the Empire.
LOL !!!
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Jez, MBA.,
Country Dancing and Advanced Astrology, UBS.
'Realism is seductive because once you have accepted the reasonable
notion that you should base your actions on reality, you are too often
led to accept, without much questioning, someone else's version of what
that reality is. It is a crucial act of independent thinking to be
skeptical of someone else's description of reality.'-
Howard Zinn
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| User: "The Great Hairy One" |
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| Title: Re: Once again profits not ethics rule |
13 May 2005 04:57:00 PM |
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In article <1m4981l62l1l8kv1uq3v2uqj150t6q0ttm@4ax.com>,
calee@optonline.net says...
What kind of deviant tries to brew tea using cold, salt water? No
wonder we kicked you lot out of the Empire.
Wish you'd hurry up and kick us out as well! :)
Oh well, at least we get to absolutely crush you in the cricket very
shortly.
:)
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The Great Hairy One,
BAAWA all night long
SMASHing it to the masses
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