A family story.
In the 1930s, there was a ritzy town near Atlantic City, that had "no Jews allowed" in its bylaws. (Alas I don't recall the name.)
My grandfather, who was quite well off, decided to buy a house there anyway.
Grandpa worked through an intermediary to buy the house. After the sale closed, he loudly announced that the Silvermans were excited about moving in.
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The neighborhood took up a collection to buy him out. Grandpa, who had never intended to move in, told my mother that he made $6,000 on the deal. (Imagine what that amount meant in 1935 dollars!)
"If they're going to be bigots," he told my mother, "I'm going to make them pay for it." /fin
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My good friend bought her grandparents house after they passed away. During the cleaning out and updating phase she found the original title deed, (they built the house in the 1940s) which had a paragraph very similar regarding the entire neighborhood development. Was specific to blacks. She was very surprised and appalled.
@estherschindler great story!