I feel like you have 1/2 this right. The media did overhyped Mayor Wu because she’s Asian and because she’s a woman.

I don’t know if anything else here is right. And I don’t know if that’s gonna benefit her or hurt her in the long run but it’s also what helped get her elected. Boston is one of most liberal cities in America with a racist history and local media and politicians were yearning for a progressive person to take office. She just might’ve gotten in over her head