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white flight

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white flight
n
(Sociology) the departure of white residents from areas where non-Whites are settling


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The study is heavily illustrated with excellent color maps of the various indicators discussed, including white flight over the decades, family incomes, school funding, restrictive covenants, and many others.
These efforts were frequently negated by desegregation orders that resulted in "forced busing" and white flight.
Four years ago, amidst the combative shoving of DFA79's "Black History Month," Grainger managed a tender song about white flight.
 
 
 
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