Neighborhood property values track racial demographics even when income and housing are otherwise identical

Evidence

“There’s a carryover of the redlining and steering days, before the Fair Housing laws were passed, and the difference in property values almost tracks 100 percent with the demographics of the area,” says Wayne Early, an Atlanta-based realtor and community economic activist. “As the percentage of black population increases, property values go down, and the rate of appreciation in values goes down. You can have two areas with the same median income, the same types of houses, even the same demand for those houses. And if one area has a much higher white population the prices are going to be two or three times what they are in the black area with a similar economic infrastructure.” — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 1233

Categorization

• QUESTION: This is a strong empirical claim — what data does Early base ‘almost tracks 100 percent’ on, and is it testable/defensible?
• XREF: connects to: Market-dynamics siting outcomes remain racist once housing discrimination is factored in — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 336; Black occupancy raised Mozley Park property values despite white predictions — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of…, 179; Whites redefined neighborhood worth as racial homogeneity plus amenity self-sufficiency — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of…, 187