One of America’s Wealthiest States Might Pass Up an Opportunity to Tackle Housing Segregation
Posted on AllSides June 29th, 2020
From The Left
On a recent Sunday, protesters marched through the center of Weston, a small, wealthy town in southwest Connecticut. They chanted “no justice, no peace” and raised handwritten signs that read “Black Lives Matter” and “Silence is Violence.”
Somewhere in the crowd, Brian Murray hoisted his own message.
“Fact check: Weston, CT. No Black teachers. No Black police officers. No Black board members. No Black town of Weston government office members.”
Murray, one of the town’s few Black residents, viewed the June 7 protest through a different lens than his white...