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Page 19 Everett 2044 Housing Element Appendix Category 2: Sensitfve informatfon language of restrictfon in these deeds reflects the language of the tfmes. Some specify that neighborhoods are reserved for "Whites," while others enumerate the prohibited racial groups. And the wording is curious. In the terminology of the 1920s-1940s "Hebrews" meant Jews; "Ethiopians" meant African ancestry; "Malays" meant Filipinos; "Mongolians" meant all east Asians; "Hindus" meant all south Asians. One example is the Legion Park plat development, established in 1949. All propertfes in this neighborhood carried the covenant that: “No lot shall be sold, conveyed rented or leased in whole or in part to any person not of the white race; nor shall any person not of the white race be permitted to occupy any portfon of any lot, nor any building thereon, exceptfng as non-paying guest of, or as a domestfc servant actually employed by a white occupant or owner of the lot of dwelling.” The Airport Acres plat, organized in 1941, included the same restrictfve covenant on these propertfes located in today’s Evergreen neighborhood. The nearby Peck’s View tracts included this covenant in 1950: “It is agreed that neither the grantees, their heirs or assigns will sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the above described property to any person or persons except to a member or members of the Caucasian race.” A covenant from a property on Mukilteo Boulevard from 1944 stated: “No race or natfonality other than the White or Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building on any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestfc servants of a different race of natfonality employed by an owner or tenant.” Even Everett’s cemeteries carried land restrictfons. Cypress Lawn near today’s Everett Mall restricted graves with this covenant in 1947, the same language as that used by the View Crest Abbey Mausoleum: “That the land shall be held of cemetery purposes only and shall be used for underground burial of human dead of the white race…” That restrictfon does not appear on Cypress Lawn covenants afler 1965. In additfon to this informatfon, the University of Washington has conducted an extensive review of tftle covenants in the Puget Sound region. The below map shows some of the neighborhoods where racial restrictfve covenants were added to property records in the first half of the 20th century. The gray scale coloring reflects the current racial demography of census tracts and block areas as reported in the 2020 census. The color white means the populatfon is more than 65% non-Hispanic White. Map 1: Historically Racially Restricted Propertfes, University of Washington