Meyer family
When the Meyer family arrived in Levittown, they experienced different reactions from the initial residents. Some people were okay with them coming to live in the all-white community. However, others did not like the idea of a colored family moving in Levittown. A majority of who opposed based their reasons on rumors which were being spread about the Meyers. Like for instance, there was a lady who said that there was a rumor going around that the Meyer were moving into all-white communities to introduce other colored families to come live in these communities.
The major reason, however, which made most people oppose the Meyer family is the fear of intermarriage, which will be brought about with integration. The white families believed that the Meyers living in that community would lead to them interacting together socially, which would eventually lead to mixed marriages, an idea that the white opposing families did not like. “I am definitely against mixed marriages because that is what this will eventually it will come to when children are raised together they will think anything but just to get married together.”
Also, the fear that the property value will decline when black families start joining this neighborhood. Most of the white families believe that black families cannot afford the property. Therefore, they said that this would lower the value of the property and thus lower their status being in the same community with the Colored people: “I think that property values will immediately go down if they are allowed to move in here in any number…we used to live in Washington DC, and we saw a very good example there”, the second lady in the video stated.
Other fears included the fear that the colored families will bring violence in the Levittown since they know them as aggressive people who cause destruction now and then. However, even with the hardships, the Meyers lived in Levittown for four years before they moved to York.