Transcript of Canada's Racist Land Covenants #shorts #urbanplanning
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0:00This is Beach Opines, a private gated0:02community of holiday homes in Ontario,0:04Canada, built in the 1930s. When this0:06land was subdivided, the developer put0:08in a restrictive covenant that read,0:10"The lands and premises herein described0:12shall never be sold, assigned,0:14transferred, leased, rented, occupied,0:16or used in any manner whatsoever by any0:18person of the Jewish, Hebrew, Semitic,0:21Negro, or colored race, or blood. It0:23being the intention and purpose of the0:25grantor to restrict the ownership, use,0:27occupation, and enjoyment of the said0:29recreational development to persons of0:31the white or caucasian race not excluded0:33by this clause. In 1948, the owner of0:36one of the properties wanted to sell to0:38a Jewish man, but the neighborhood0:39residents would not allow the sale to0:41take place. The case went to the Supreme0:43Court of Canada with a covenant being0:45ruled invalid in 1950. But this ruling0:48only applied to this particular case,0:50and it took many more years before0:51contracts like this were ruled illegal0:54in
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