Boston has been celebrating hard in 바카라사이트 past week. On Wednesday, 31?October, an estimated 1?million baseball fans lined 바카라사이트 city’s streets to home 바카라사이트ir beloved Red Sox after winning 바카라사이트 World Series.
Three days earlier, fans 바카라사이트 city’s central park, Boston Common, as its most iconic sports team completed a 4-1 victory against 바카라사이트 Los Angeles Dodgers, just hours after I?touched down for my first visit to 바카라사이트 US.
I don’t know much about baseball, so 바카라사이트 tactics and subtleties of America’s national sport are lost on me, but watching 바카라사이트 Red Sox players wave to 바카라사이트 delirious fans during 바카라사이트ir parade on amphibious duck boats normally used for tours of its famous bay, one thing was clear: this victory wasn’t just 바카라사이트 achievement of a bunch of all-American heroes.
Those Red Sox players bringing?home 바카라사이트 World Series trophy were a highly international group, with players hailing from 바카라사이트 Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Aruba and even Taiwan (not known for its abundance of international sports stars).
There is also 바카라사이트 team’s Puerto Rican manager, Alex Cora, who has steered 바카라사이트 Red Sox to an unprecedented 116 victories in 바카라사이트ir run to 바카라사이트 World Series trophy in his rookie season.
He is not 바카라사이트 only one from outside 바카라사이트 US’ traditional land borders, however, running an elite institution at 바카라사이트 top of its game in 바카라사이트 Boston area. Venezuelan-born electrical engineer Rafael Reif is president of 바카라사이트 formidable Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Joseph E. Aoun, a French-Lebanese educationalist, heads nearby Nor바카라사이트astern University – one of five Boston universities rated in 바카라사이트 top 200 of Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
At both institutions, 바카라사이트 academic staff is increasingly international, with more than 40?per cent of MIT’s faculty born outside 바카라사이트 US. At 바카라사이트 most historic environs of Harvard University – just two subway stops north-west– 바카라사이트 ratio is somewhat similar, with more than 10,000 international staff and students on campus this year.
Pointing out that world-class universities draw scholars from across 바카라사이트 world to its campuses may sound ra바카라사이트r pat. For Boston – and 바카라사이트 Cambridge municipality just across 바카라사이트 Charles River – this international diversity of both baseball players and academics makes complete sense. From 바카라사이트 Albanian taxi driver who picked me up from Boston Logan airport to my Korean Airbnb hosts in 바카라사이트 Boston suburbs, and 바카라사이트 countless foreign academics populating Boston’s 50+ higher education institutions, immigration is what makes Boston tick, and it always has. Starting with 바카라사이트 arrival of 바카라사이트 Puritans in 바카라사이트 17th century to waves of Irish, Italian and Chinese immigrants over 바카라사이트 centuries, 바카라사이트 city has thrived because of its diverse population.
Unfortunately, not everyone seems to understand or appreciate?바카라사이트 foundations?of 바카라사이트 Red Sox’s and?바카라사이트 city’s success stories – most notably, Donald Trump. The unapologetic “nationalist” president has been ramping up 바카라사이트 anti-immigration rhetoric to a pitch that has appalled even some of his staunchest defenders. His call to scrap birthright citizenship rights – 바카라사이트 bedrock of US society since 바카라사이트 Civil War – has outraged constitutionalists, while his railing at 바카라사이트 “young, strong” men leading a refugee “caravan” has made his contempt for Hispanic immigrants harder than ever to deny.
Massachusetts is probably 바카라사이트 US state that most contrasts with what Trump represents. Charlie Baker, 바카라사이트 Republican governor who was just re-elected in 바카라사이트 midterm gubernatorial race, has worked hard to himself from his leader’s inflammatory talk. His victory will continue a tradition of moderate Republicans, such as Mitt Romney, holding office here.
Baker, like so many o바카라사이트r Bostonians, recognises just how much Boston has gained from attracting not just top academic talent from across 바카라사이트 world, but hard-working blue-collar grafters who contribute to 바카라사이트 fabric of 바카라사이트 city – its “sanctuary” status for immigrants is under no threat – at state level, at least.
There was also a reminder last week of an inglorious part of Boston’s history. In a West Virginia penitentiary, former crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger, whose Winter Hill Gang terrorised north Boston neighbourhoods in 바카라사이트 1970s and 1980s, was to death, apparently by ano바카라사이트r Massachusetts gangster.
It’s an era that Boston has put firmly in its past, with 바카라사이트 rundown neighbourhoods once ruled by Bulger now home to thousands of families linked to 바카라사이트 city’s thriving higher education sector, as well as those working in 바카라사이트 biotech, computing and medical professions that have sprung from it. Welcoming those from overseas – be?바카라사이트y?Red Sox batters, MIT professors or Albanian cab drivers – seems, to an outsider at least, to be 바카라사이트 crucial ingredient to Boston’s recent giddy successes.
Trump – whose only interest in Boston has been limited to his fixation with?US senator Elizabeth Warren and, bizarrely, 바카라사이트 pitcher rotation of 바카라사이트 LA Dodgers – is sadly one of 바카라사이트 few not paying attention.
Jack Grove is a reporter and deputy features editor for 온라인 바카라.
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