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white flight
white flight n. Relocation by white residents out of a community or neighborhood in response to an influx of nonwhite people. white flight n (Sociology) the departure of White residents from areas where non-White people are settling white flight
white flightThe phenomenon of white people relocating in large numbers, typically considered as a racist response to an influx of nonwhite people settling in their town or neighborhood. During the white flight of the 1950s, many families moved out of the city and into the suburbs.See also: flight, white |