Report: Traditionally Black Hamptons Neighborhoods Diminishing

Several communities in Sag Harbor, and elsewhere in the Hamptons, that have for decades been traditionally African-American neighborhoods are shrinking as realtors and buyers begin to target the more affordable homes, writes one Huffington Post blogger.

Communities like Sag Harbor Hills and Eastville, for generations a home to African-American families, have ties to black whalers and fishermen who settled on the East End before the Civil War. Yet these neighborhoods are experiencing a cultural shift as buyers, who are mostly white, have discovered the affordable properties.

Community fixtures decades old, such as the , the annual fish fry and Labor Day footraces have a bleak future, according to the article

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