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A higher percentage of black people live in poverty than white people[0], but the disparity is emphasized in cities. Read about White Flight.[1] [0] https://en
by eckmLJE 8y ago
A higher percentage of black people live in poverty than white people[0], but the disparity is emphasized in cities. Read about White Flight.[1]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States#By_race/ethnicity_and_family_status,_based_on_data_from_2007 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States#B...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight
- duado 8y agoWhen white people move out of a neighborhood, it’s “white flight,” when they move in it’s “gentrification.” What is it called when they stay where they are?
- sigfubar 8y agoWe call ourselves trapped.
- scarejunba 8y agoI think you'll find that the bad part here is this business of people acting as a bloc of homogeneous race.
- iguy 8y agoBut both "white flight" and "gentrification" are a bunch of individuals making similar choices. There's no pre-arranged conspiracy to all sell up next year & move to X; the only "homogeneous bloc" is in the eye of the speaker. And it is indeed slightly weird how opposite things are perceived negatively.
- mturmon 8y agoThere is sometimes a name for that too: a racial housing covenant. When the California legislature passed a law outlawing them in 1963, the initiative process was used the next year to pass Prop. 14, which specifically allowed racial covenants in transferring housing. It passed with 67% of voters approving it.