When Oregon became as state in 1859, Black people were specifically prohibited from living here. The legacy of that systemic and institutional racism exists in many forms, including racial exclusion language on home deeds. Representative Julie Fahey (D-Eugene, Junction City) discovered she owned a home with such language and spearheaded a 2018 bill to try to simplify the complex legal process to remove the discriminatory language. The racially restrictive covenant on Fahey's deed reads: “No member of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building except as domestics in the home of an owner or tenant.” The process for removing the language from deeds is still complicated, she says, and must go through the court system. We talk with Fahey and with Riccardo Waites, founder and CEO of the Central Oregon Black Leaders Assembly, which just launched the Good Deeds program to help rid homeowners of this racist language