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By 01/06/2021
Fighting racism in West Marin is the mission of a new group of mostly Bolinas residents. The group convened for the first time last month, responding to the defacement of Black Lives Matter signs and a recent appearance of swastikas inside the Bolinas Post Office, which employees immediately took down. “A person of color found out about the swastikas and called me and was really upset, feeling like things that have been happening all year here were escalating and that members of the community weren’t feeling safe and needed support. The request is for white residents in the community to think about this now,” said Evie Wilhelm, who convened the meeting. On Monday, during the group’s second call, one person of color shared an experience of being verbally abused in the Palace Market the day before, while she wore a Black Lives Matter mask. (The Palace banned the aggressors from the store.) The group is the latest of several that hav