> White flight, however, is entirely just about white people just wanting to get away from black people. Redlining was one of FDR's racist policies. The result

> White flight, however, is entirely just about white people just wanting to get away from black people. Redlining was one of FDR's racist policies. The resulting non-white areas were cheaper and became cheaper still than white ones for many reasons. Under LBJ, redlining was finally made illegal. Then the threat of declining property values due to "darkening" of neighborhoods could be used to clear out white neighborhoods and buy up real estate at bargain prices! That's white flight. It's a little more complicated than "I don't want to be near that person on the bus."