The Yawkey Foundation has responded to comments from Boston Red Sox owner John Henry about the team's desire to lead an effort to get the street named after Tom Yawkey changed.
In a statement released Friday (via WEEI's Kirk and Callahan), the Yawkey Foundation said it was "disheartened" by having Yawkey's name added to the list of racially divisive and controversial monuments.
"Jean and Tom Yawkey's philanthropy, which has contributed more than $450 million—most of it to the Boston community—has always been color blind," the statement said.
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