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What You Can Do About Racial Prejudice In Housing Page 3

INTRODUCTION 6
Why this booklet? 
THE ERA OF SOCIAL CHANGE 7
Population movement; housing pressure, the trend toward integration
THE HISTORY AND NATURE OF PREJUDICE 8
Effects of colonial expansion; the non-rational basis of prejudice and the three basic conditions that lead to racial prejudice.
OPEN HOUSING VS. PREJUDICE 11
Integrated experience alleviates prejudice; breaking the chain of racial prejudice via housing.
MYTH VS. FACT 12
Property value; property upkeep; neighborhood inundation; lowered educational standards; lowered social prestige; mixed neighborhoods.
HOW TO DEAL WITH PREJUDICE 20
What kind of action? The moral and practical arguments; Human Relations Committees - how they work, what they do.
SUGGESTED COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES 25
Organization; calming troubled areas; securing realtor and banking support; working with local government
FOOTNOTES 28
BIBLIOGRAPHY 29

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INTRODUCTION 6 Why this booklet? THE ERA OF SOCIAL CHANGE 7 Population movement; housing pressure, the trend toward integration THE HISTORY AND NATURE OF PREJUDICE 8 Effects of colonial expansion; the non-rational basis of prejudice and the three basic conditions that lead to racial prejudice. OPEN HOUSING VS. PREJUDICE 11 Integrated experience alleviates prejudice; breaking the chain of racial prejudice via housing. MYTH VS. FACT 12 Property value; property upkeep; neighborhood inundation; lowered educational standards; lowered social prestige; mixed neighborhoods. HOW TO DEAL WITH PREJUDICE 20 What kind of action? The moral and practical arguments; Human Relations Committees - how they work, what they do. SUGGESTED COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES 25 Organization; calming troubled areas; securing realtor and banking support; working with local government FOOTNOTES 28 BIBLIOGRAPHY 29