Black homeowners in white neighborhoods live in fear of being killed with impunity

Evidence

And then there’s the worst-case scenario for a black homeowner in a white community. Here is how Dr. Agoucha puts it: “When this altercation was going on, what went through my mind was this [white] guy could do absolutely anything to me. He could shoot me dead on the spot because he was trying to protect the neighborhood and the property, and people would make up stories later.” — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 1269

Categorization

• XREF: Recalls the psychology of vigilante defense such as the Ahmaud Arbery case, where a white man killing a Black man in a neighborhood was framed as protecting property. — connects to: White neighbors terrorized Black families until they fled white neighborhoods. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 479; Everyday harassment failing to force black homebuyers out escalated whites toward lethal violence. — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of…, 126; Segregationist leaders staged mob intimidation while posing as protectors to force black homebuyers out. — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of…, 133