Discrimination in the sale and rental of housing has been the root cause of the widespread patterns of de facto segregation which characterize Americas residential fleighborhoods. It is not true that those patterns. as they have developed in our time. stem primarily from the alleged desire of minorities tocluster together and to avoid integrated neighborhoods. It is fair to say that the prevalent residential patterns may have had their origins in the tendency of migrants to seek out friends and kinsmen when they have first settled in an area. But this tendency. to the extent it was ever a reality. is relevant only to the initial settlement of immigrants in a given area. Over the years. after the newcomers have become established in an area. after they or their children have begun to realize the traditional American opportunities to better their lot by education and hard work. they have always been able to move up. if they desired. to a better home in a neighborhood of their choosing. * Indeed. moving to a new or different home has generally been the principal mark of upward mobility in our society. We have long honored the symbolic value of this transition to another home.
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