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Spotlight reporters analyzed data, launched surveys, and conducted hundreds of interviews. Reporters focused solely on the black community, the group that has the longest and most difficult history of racism in the city. That decision, by no means, is meant to minimize the discrimination faced by other minorities here.
The team examined the core of Boston’s identity: our renowned colleges and world-class medical institutions, the growth that keeps expanding our skyline, business and politics, and our championship sports teams. They even turned their gaze inward, and looked at how the Globe can do more to ensure more diversity in the news reporting process.
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They also did something decidedly old-school: They visited a number of iconic Boston locations and simply counted the number of black people they saw.
In the end, what the Spotlight Team discovered wasn’t all pretty.
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Series schedule
Sunday, Dec. 10: Boston. Racism. Image. Reality. The Spotlight Team takes on our hardest question: Does Boston deserve its racist reputation?
Monday, Dec. 11: A brand-new Boston, even whiter than the old
Tuesday, Dec. 12: Color line persists, in sickness as in health
Wednesday, Dec. 13: Lost on campus, in a sea of white
Thursday, Dec. 14: The bigot in the stands, and other stories
Friday, Dec. 15: For blacks in Boston, a power outage
Saturday, Dec. 16: A better Boston? The choice is ours
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