NIMBY as racial displacement tool

Historical cases from Cape Town show that what looks like local 'not in my backyard' resistance can be institutionalized into law and used to remove whole communities; District Six and Sophiatown were cleared through property rules and forced removals under apartheid. Framing NIMBY not only as a contemporary zoning dispute but as a potential lever of state‑led racial displacement helps read current housing fights in a longer, more political light. — Recasting NIMBYism as sometimes state‑enabled displacement reframes modern housing debates to include questions of power, race, and legal design, not just local preference.