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Article: WEST ROXBURY LARGELY WHITE, BUT SAYS BIAS ISN'T THE REASON
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 15, 1989
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Racial discrimination is a subject that makes many West
Roxbury residents uncomfortable.
Several politicians from the neighborhood, when asked, tended
to express their personal intolerance of discrimination and a few
community leaders addressed the matter only after preparing a
written statement or asking not to be identified.
In a community where 1985 census figures show 96 percent of
the population is white, compared with 62 percent citywide, many
residents are hard-pressed to name any minority neighbors. Only
South Boston and Charlestown have a higher white population, each
at 97 percent.
"I'm surprised, but not really surprised," said Jill Hunter,
president of the Highland ...