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Blockbusting

Blockbusting is a business practice in the United States in which real estate agents and building developers convinced residents in a particular area to sell their property at below-market prices. This was achieved by fearmongering the homeowners, telling them that racial minorities would soon be moving into their neighborhoods. The blockbusters would…

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Blockbusting

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related to Further reading · 42
Blockbusting → Amanda, America, Amine, Antero, Baltimore, Block, Brokers, Chicago, Chicago Press, Chicago's West Side, Dee, Dynamics, Economic Theory, Edward, First, Forgotten History, Great American City, How Bigotry Shaped, How Our Government Segregated, Ivan
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Blockbusting → Alfred, American, Americans, As, Block-Buster, Civil Rights Act, Confessions, Equal Opportunity, Fair Housing, FOR SALE, In, Inc, It, Jones, Likewise, Linmark Associates, Mayer Co, Moreover, Nevertheless, Supreme Court
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Blockbusting → Bedford, Brooklyn, Chicago, Cleveland, East Side, Germantown, Illinois, New York City, Northwest Philadelphia, South Side, Stuyvesant, The, These, West Oak Lane, West Side
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Blockbusting → All, East Side, Family, Hide, No Place, Season, The, The Blockbuster, West Side
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Blockbusting → General, Haredi Orthodox Jews, In, Justice, Lakewood Township, New Jersey, The New Jersey Attorney, United States Department
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Blockbusting → business practice in the United States in which real estate agents and building developers convinced residents in a particular area to sell their property at below-market prices

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