Fifty years ago, European savants and American libertines were fond of labelling American culture and mores "Puritanical." For example, often one would hear the phrase that someone had "come out of the closet," usually meaning that that person was publicly acknowledging to be homosexual, lesbian, or bi-sexual.
But currently in Boston, no one and nothing has remained in the closet. Everything is out in the open and, in fact, celebrated.
Reparations supporters in Amherst are considering draft language for a bill in the state legislature that would allow town officials to give individual African-Americans money from town funds.
Reparations is a proposal to use public funds for black people to make up for slavery and discrimination.
