white flight

noun

: the departure of whites from places (such as urban neighborhoods or schools) increasingly or predominantly populated by minorities

Examples of white flight in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In that case, a white flight attendant claimed that an unidentified individual had body odor and Black men were targeted for removal from the flight in a humiliating act of racial profiling, said the plaintiffs. —

Kizzy Cox, Essence, 12 Aug. 2024 The phenomenon of white flight — where white families fled inner-ring suburbs as Black families moved in — is apparent in the history of suburban school districts, Lily Altavena reports. —

Diamy Wang, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2024 Red and blue Milwaukee spent decades reliably spinning apart, spurred by white flight and racial segregation and political sorting and ceaseless battleground competition and sky-high levels of political engagement and mobilization. —

Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2024 This activated the white flight that eventually saw Whitehaven become a predominantly Black suburb. —

Michael T. Bertrand, The Conversation, 5 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for white flight

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