“I think it is a perfectly reasonable thing to do, to follow up on the commitments made in the wake of the racial awakening the country went through,” said Nicole Obi, president and CEO of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts, referring to Pressley’s letters.
Obi noted other companies besides banks publicly made financial commitments inspired by the Black Lives Matters protests.
“I think they should be held accountable for what they’ve done,” she said, “in as public a way” as their announced commitments.
“We don’t need equity theater,” Obi added.
