Define 'violent dispossession.' Because what your are saying completely whitewashes the experiences of my friends and family in the medium sized city I grew up in. You could literally plot on a map neighborhoods going to hell from north to south as blacks and hispanics moved south and whites tried to stay one step ahead of them. Almost everyone I know was caught in this pattern at some point. What came first, the stagnating property values or criminals? Whatever you believe, everyone knew those things go together because you could see how the next neighborhood over is doing. You don't wait until you or your neighbor's house is burgled. You would sell and get the hell out of there before it was too late.

Define 'violent dispossession.' Because what your are saying completely whitewashes the experiences of my friends and family in the medium sized city I grew up in. You could literally plot on a map neighborhoods going to hell from north to south as blacks and hispanics moved south and whites tried to stay one step already of them. Almost everyone I know was caught in this pattern at some point. What came first, the stagnating property values or criminals? Whatever you believe, everyone knew those things go together because you could see how the next neighborhood over is doing. You don't wait until you or your neighbor's house is burgled. You would sell and get the hell out of there before it was too late.