Editing Drawbridge mentality (section)

=== Acton, Massachusetts ===
In 2020, the Housing Production Plan for [[Acton, Massachusetts]] was released by the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development, which detailed the methods to achieve at least 10% of its housing be designated 'affordable' as according to legislation set in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chapter 40 B Housing Production Plan {{!}} Mass.gov |url=https://www.mass.gov/service-details/chapter-40-b-housing-production-plan |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=www.mass.gov |language=en}}</ref> Boston, which Acton is a suburb of, experiences significant racial disparity due to [[redlining]], an issue reported to have gradually increased since the late 1960s. Negative racial stereotypes have been used to justify these redlining practices, but in the case of Acton it is believed these policies are mainly motivated by "the indifference of average citizens" and that the drawbridge mentality is considered a rational response to maintain property value. In this perspective, it is unclear whether the drawbridge mentality was an unintended effect of maintaining property value or nature preservation, or if isolating the community from immigrants was the primary goal.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Raman |first1=Anjali |last2=Cheng |first2=Michael |last3=Vijay |first3=Neha |last4=Dayal |first4=Prisha |date=2020 |title=The Drawbridge Mentality—Exclusion and Escapism in Acton, Massachusetts |url=https://www.thespectrumabrhs.com/housing.html |access-date=14 May 2023 |website=The Spectrum}}</ref>