Why do some communities maintain historical patterns of racial exclusion while others change? We show how Second Wave KKK presence in historical "sundown towns" shaped racial attitudes through two key mechanisms: adolescent attitudinal imprinting and residential sorting. @sfjournal.bsky.social
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On legacy persistence: historical KKK organizations and racial exclusion in American sundown towns
Abstract. Why do some communities perpetuate historical patterns of racial exclusion while others abandon them? We examine American sundown towns, communit