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Housing Desegregation

Peaceful Neighborhoods Are Racist
Faribault, Minnesota by Douglas Mercer IT’S SAID that in 2020 Trump pandered to the Negroes and the Mestizos, but not to Whites. He certainly did the former in the most craven way imaginable, but it’s not altogether true that he didn’t talk to the Whites. He certainly didn’t…

Shelley v. Kraemer: The Case That Started White Flight
AS MANY OF America’s largest cities sink into a slough of desolation, crime and vandalism, it might be instructive to look for causes in the dusty files of a long forgotten court case. Prior to 1958 deeds to desirable real property generally included a clause or covenant restricting the sale of…