Yes Massachusetts, The State Seal IS Racist: An Open Letter to the Editorial Board of the Sentinel and Enterprise

Original Seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 1629 From Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52636897

Dear Editorial Board,

I noted with interest your recent editorial asking readers to place the current debate over the Commonwealth’s Seal in a larger historical context. As a local historian who has researched and taught Massachusetts colonial history for over two decades…