The incredible whiteness of Sonoma (Sonoma Index Tribune)

Karen Clemmer 7/14/205:41 PM

By Bill Lynch, July 13, 2020, Sonoma Index Tribune.

Why is my little town of Sonoma so white? That question has crossed my mind more than once, especially recently.

As best as I can remember, there were no African Americans at Sonoma Valley High School during my four years there. The residential neighborhoods of my childhood days in Sonoma were just as white.

There were no reported cases of redlining, but I remember one incident when I overheard adults discussing a petition to keep a black professional and his family from buying a home in the neighborhood. In those days, that kind of racism was apparently explained by economics. White folks feared that their property would decrease in value if black folks moved in next door.

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