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That's not what "white flight" refers to. While the 1940s-1950s move to the suburbs consisted almost entirely of white people due to systematic racial discrimin
by amyjess 8y ago
That's not what "white flight" refers to. While the 1940s-1950s move to the suburbs consisted almost entirely of white people due to systematic racial discrimination preventing POC from moving, that is not "white flight".
The phrase "white flight" refers to a 1970s phenomenon where white people repeatedly moved from one suburb to another (often in circular patterns) in order to avoid POC after desegregation and civil rights legislation made suburbs accessible to POC for the first time. This was exacerbated by real estate agents engaging in a race-baiting, unscrupulous practice called "block busting".
- bogomipz 8y agoNo, the OP is actually correct. The origin of the term "white flight" was a phenomenon that that followed the "great migration" of people from the rural south during the war and immediate post war years in the US.[1][2] >"The phrase "white flight" refers to a 1970s phenomenon ..." No, the 1970s may have seen a recirculation of the original phrase but it is commonly understood that "white flight" refers to phenomenon around the war years. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight [2] https://priceonomics.com/the-great-migration-the-african-american-exodus/ https://priceonomics.com/the-great-migration-the-african-ame...