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Washington homeowners remove racist covenant clauses that stop Black people from living in communities unless they are servants

Washington homeowners remove racist covenant clauses that stop Black people from living in communities unless they are servants

Over 30 homeowners in Olympia, Washington have removed racially restrictive and unlawful clauses from covenants included in property paperwork once residents noticed a stipulation that bars non-white people from living in the neighborhood unless they are servants. The original covenant for one woman’s home, which hasn’t been changed since 1951, says who the neighborhood was […]