Williamstown DIRE Committee Recognizes Effort to Address Racist Covenant
The Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Equity Committee used its first meeting of the new year to pass a resolution commending the residents of the area formerly known as Colonial Village not only for renouncing the racist covenant that restricted home sales in the neighborhood at its birth but for trying to make it easier for other residents of the commonwealth to do the same. Before passing the resolution, the DIRE Committee acknowledged the harm done by the covenant -- both as a tool ...
Source: iberkshires.com