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Best of 2020: Connecticut has an opportunity to tackle housing segregation. It appears to be taking a pass.
. It was originally published on June 29, 2020.
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.”
INVISIBLE WALLS Connecticut’s Separate and Unequal Housing
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.”