Not in my neighborhood how bigotry shaped a great american city offers a powerful survey of a baltimore issue that shaped a citys psyche when discrimination policies toward blacks and jews shaped a worldeye opening and recommended for any college level social issues collection midwest book review may 2010. In not in my neighborhood the veteran baltimore journalist antero pietila documents in fine detail how race and real estate were used by several generations of we use cookies to enhance your experience on our websiteby continuing to use our website you are agreeing to our use of cookies. This all american tale is told through the prism of baltimore from its early suburbanization in the 1880s to the consequences of white flight after world war ii and into the first decade of the twenty first century the events are real and so are the heroes and villains mr pietilas engrossing story is an eye opening journey into city blocks and neighborhoods shady practices and . Not in my neighborhood how bigotry shaped a great american city antero pietila no preview available 2010 common terms and phrases activists adams african americans afro american agnew anderson anti semitism balti baltimore county baltimore jewish baltimore jewish council baltimores became block blockbusters bolton hill buyers catholic chicago church city council citys civil . Housing not in my neighborhood how bigotry shaped a great american city author michael olesker publisher jhu press isbn 9781421411613 category history page 248 view 608 read now front stoops in the fifties recounts the stories of some of baltimores most famous personalities as they grew up during the decade of conformity such familiar names as jerry leiber nancy pelosi thurgood marshall and barry levinson figure prominently in michael oleskers gripping account