Boston Mayor Compares Vaccine Passports to Slave Papers

Boston acting mayor Kim Janey (D) compared showing proof of your coronavirus vaccine at a restaurant or gym to the identification papers of slaves or emancipated Black people, WCVB reports.

Said Janey: “There’s a long history in this country of people needing to show their papers… During slavery, post-slavery, as recent as, you know, what immigrant population has to go through here. We heard Trump with the birth certificate nonsense. Here we want to make sure that we are not doing anything that would further create a barrier for residents of Boston.”