Back in the 1960's we used to call it "block-busting": real estate agents using the fear of blacks to get homeowners to sell out. In our enlightened modern times, it's similar tactics, but now it's Orthodox Jews in the Toms River, New Jersey area. See this Bloomberg piece, hat tip Marginal Revolution.
The key difference is, of course, the aims of the group: blacks in the 60's wanted the American dream-- better homes and better schools and saw integration as a way of getting it; Orthodox in the 10's want the American dream--independence of outside control and see segregation as a way of getting it.
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