Hate Thy Neighbor: Move-In Violence and the Persistence of Racial Segregation in American Housing
Hate Thy Neighbor: Move-In Violence and the Persistence of Racial Segregation in American Housing
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Abstract
Despite increasing racial tolerance and national diversity, neighborhood segregation remains a very real problem in cities across America. Scholars, government officials, and the general public have long attempted to understand why segregation persists despite efforts to combat it, traditionally focusing on the issue of “white flight,” or the idea that white residents will move to other areas if their neighborhood becomes integrated. This book expands upon these understandings by investigating a little-examined but surprisingly prevalent problem of “move-in violence,” the anti-integration violence directed by white residents at minorities who move into their neighborhoods. Apprehensive about their new neighbors and worried about declining property values, these residents resort to extra-legal violence and intimidation tactics, often using vandalism and verbal harassment to combat what they view as a violation of their territory. This is the first book to seriously examine the role violence plays in maintaining housing segregation, illustrating how intimidation and fear are employed to force minorities back into separate neighborhoods and prevent meaningful integration. The book provides a moving examination of how neighborhood racial violence is enabled today and how it harms not only the victims, but entire communities.The book not only enhances our understanding of how prevalent segregation and this type of hate-crime remain, but also offers insightful analysis of a complex mix of remedies that can work to address this difficult problem.
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Front Matter
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Introduction: Violence and the Neighborhood Color Line
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The Roots of Contemporary Move-In Violence
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The Contemporary Dynamics of Move-In Violence
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Anti-Integrationist Violence and the Tolerance-Violence Paradox
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Racism or Power? Explaining Perpetrator Motivation in Interethnic Cases
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When Class Trumps Race: Explaining Perpetrator Motivation in Interclass Cases
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Responding to Neighborhood Hate Crimes
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Conclusion: The Reality of Anti-Integrationist Violence and Prospects for Integration
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