Stop honoring Tom Yawkey, past racist owner of the Red Sox.
Please change the names of Yawkey Way and the Yawkey commuter rail station
Why is this important?
Tom Yawkey, who owned the Boston Red Sox for many years, was a known racist. The Red Sox were thus one of the last major league baseball teams to hire African American players.
Every time I get off the train at Yawkey Station, then walk down Yawkey Way (in front of Fenway Park) on my way to work, I wonder why was anything ever named after Tom Yawkey. It is an insult to the good citizens of the metropolitan Boston area.
