Abstract
Restriction of non-whites to separate residential areas has existed in the United States for generations. Such restrictions that have occurred in the past and will occur in an informal manner in the future have had only popular mythology to support them. Whites who object to non-white neighbors have been classified as follows: those who object for social or personal reasons and those who are concerned only about the economic loss that they may suffer. Unfortunately each of these groups tends to reinforce the other. If, for example, the entry of non-white results in a movement of whites and associates who are worried about their social status, the movement tends to be reinforced by those who claim that they are only attempting to protect their real estate investment. For whatever reasons, the result is a movement of whites out of a neighborhood and an influx of Negroes. 2 The popular myth has been supported by a vast literature, often extending into real estate text books. For example: "It is in the twilight zone, where members of different races live together that racial mixtures tend to have a depressing effect upon land values and therefore, upon rents. ,3 Lest one thilLk that these citations are old and therefore forgotten or not relevant to the present situation, we offer the following from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (October 6, 1969) p. 5A:
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