white flight
Racial migration pattern
White flight refers to the demographic phenomenon of white residents moving out of urban neighborhoods or school districts as racial minorities, particularly Black families, move in.
The term emerged in mid-20th-century America to describe the mass exodus to suburbs that followed desegregation efforts and changing urban demographics.
White flight contributed significantly to urban decay, segregated housing patterns, and unequal school funding that persists today.
White flight hollowed out the city's tax base.
Mass departure from somewhere
- suburbanizationGrowth of outlying residential areas
- migrationMovement to new territory
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- middle-classIntermediate socioeconomic group
depopulation · population shift · outmigration · resettlement · displacement · commuter · sprawl · metropolitan
Refusing loans by neighborhood
- covenantsBinding formal agreements
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- school districtsAdministrative regions for public education
- property valuesMonetary worth of real estate
housing market · residential · enclave · exclusion · discrimination · integration · busing · desegregation
Plant disease causing decay
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- disinvestmentWithdrawing capital from assets
- vacancyUnoccupied space or position
- declineDecrease or refuse
deterioration · neglect · tax base · deindustrialization · inner city · slum · urban renewal · infrastructure
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- fearEmotional response to threat
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- tensionStretched or strained state
inequality · bias · xenophobia · othering · panic · resentment · scapegoating · nativism
exodus
Mass departure from somewhere
- suburbanizationGrowth of outlying residential areas
- migrationMovement to new territory
- relocationPermanent change of residence
middle-class · depopulation · population shift · outmigration · resettlement · displacement · commuter · sprawl · metropolitan · exurbs
redlining
Refusing loans by neighborhood
- covenantsBinding formal agreements
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- school districtsAdministrative regions for public education
property values · housing market · residential · enclave · exclusion · discrimination · integration · busing · desegregation · fair housing
blight
Plant disease causing decay
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- disinvestmentWithdrawing capital from assets
- vacancyUnoccupied space or position
decline · deterioration · neglect · tax base · deindustrialization · inner city · slum · urban renewal · infrastructure · foreclosure
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- fearEmotional response to threat
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- backlashStrong negative reaction
tension · inequality · bias · xenophobia · othering · panic · resentment · scapegoating · nativism · hostility
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
- urban historycity walls, urban renewal, ancient cities, landmarks, city gates
- urbanizationcity, urban growth, metropolis, urban sprawl, suburbanization
- depopulationpopulation loss, emptying, hollowing out, rural exodus, mass exodus
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
white flightgentrification
Wealthy influx displacing locals
neighborhood revitalization · urban renewal · community development
white flightintegration
Combining into a whole
racial integration · desegregation · mixed neighborhoods · inclusive communities · fair housing
white, flight, whiten, flights, whites, flighty, whiteness, whitened, whitener