Racist redlining language found in Roeland Park property documents

Removing the language would be expensive for the city, but a proposed Kansas executive order would simplify the process.
When Curtis Herrera moved to Roeland Park, Kansas, five years ago, he was confident that this would be a good place to raise his kids.

But when a former resident of his house shared the original deed, Herrera, who identifies as "Latin and Native," was taken aback by the racist language in the document.

Herrera’s deed states, “Said land is sold upon the express condition that it shall not during the period of 25 years . . . be sold or conveyed to or occupied by a Negro . . . except outbuildings.”

"We are here in the United States,” Herrera says, “And those things are still coming up and they still need to be dealt with."