You’re applying 2022 thinking to a process from the 40s and 50s. While racially restrictive covenants and deeds certainly were a thing, at the time these subdi

You’re applying 2022 thinking to a process from the 40s and 50s. While racially restrictive covenants and deeds certainly were a thing, at the time these subdivisions were created, the primary goal was to keep riffraff out. In many (most?) of these communities, the idea that blacks would be moving in was about as big of a concern as Eskimos. The notion that 1/2 acre lot with 100ft setback ordinances were racially motivated is silly.