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by bushbaba 1456 days ago
PAO is technically on wetlands and was moved to its location because at the time the black community nearby didn’t get a say in San Mateo’s planning.

The same black community who was not allowed to buy a house in Palo Alto.

https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2020/06/28/un-forgetting-the...

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https://www.pastheritage.org/Articles/AMEZionMF.html

You mean this black community inside Palo Alto 3 blocks from downtown?

Your link opens with an anecdote that takes place on "the east side of Palo Alto". This is what people who don't know the area think when they hear the name of the city of East Palo Alto. The city that clearly sits to the north not the east of Palo Alto.

Quote Directly from your article in respect to the city of Palo Alto. “From 1925 to 1950 most racial discrimination was insidious, in the form of residential subdivision covenants banning persons of color.”
Oh yes. For sure. Didn't mean to imply that wasn't happening.