Fascinating map from the #UniversityOfWashington Racial Restrictive Covenants Project which found more than 1,500 racial covenants on property deeds in #WhatcomCounty. While the language still exists, it no longer carries any weight since the supreme court ruled in 1948 that restrictive covenants could not be enforced. Read more from Ralph Schwartz in the #CascadiaDaily: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/news/2023/feb/19/study-finds-1500-racial-covenants-on-whatcom-properties or at the project website here: https://depts.washington.edu/covenants/counties.shtml #BellinghamWA #WashingtonState #PNW #Whatcom