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Urban sociology

the hypothesis that people avoid Black neighborhoods because race serves as a proxy for class and neighborhood quality, rather than from racial dislike alone.

In urban sociology, race-proxy hypothesis refers to the hypothesis that people avoid Black neighborhoods because race serves as a proxy for class and neighborhood quality, rather than from racial dislike alone. This meaning comes from Harris (1999) in American Sociological Review.[1]

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References

Harris, D. R. (1999). "Property Values Drop When Blacks Move in, Because...": Racial and Socioeconomic Determinants of Neighborhood Desirability. American Sociological Review, 64(3), 461. https://doi.org/10.2307/2657496

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