White flight
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| - | '''White flight''' is a term for the [[demographics|demographic]] trend where [[working class|working]] and [[middle-class]] [[white people]] move away from racial-minority [[suburbs]] or inner-city neighborhoods to white suburbs and [[Commuter town|exurbs]].{{GFDL}} | + | |
| + | '''White flight''' is a term that originated in the [[Racism in the United States|United States]], starting in the 1950s and 1960s, and applied to the large-scale migration of [[European American|people of various European ancestries]] from racially mixed urban regions to more racially homogeneous [[Suburb|suburban]] or [[exurban]] regions. The term has more recently been applied to other migrations by whites, from older, inner suburbs to rural areas, as well as from the U.S. [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]] and [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]] to the milder climate in the [[Southeastern United States|Southeast]] and [[Southwestern United States|Southwest]]. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Auto-segregation]] | ||
| + | * [[Black flight]] | ||
| + | * [[Ethnic succession theory]] | ||
| + | * [[Gentrification]] | ||
| + | * [[Multiculturalism]] | ||
| + | * [[Planned shrinkage]] | ||
| + | * [[Political demography]] | ||
| + | * [[Residential segregation]] | ||
| + | * [[Urban decay]] | ||
| + | * [[White genocide conspiracy theory]] | ||
| + | * [[Xenophobia]] | ||
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White flight is a term that originated in the United States, starting in the 1950s and 1960s, and applied to the large-scale migration of people of various European ancestries from racially mixed urban regions to more racially homogeneous suburban or exurban regions. The term has more recently been applied to other migrations by whites, from older, inner suburbs to rural areas, as well as from the U.S. Northeast and Midwest to the milder climate in the Southeast and Southwest.
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See also
- Auto-segregation
- Black flight
- Ethnic succession theory
- Gentrification
- Multiculturalism
- Planned shrinkage
- Political demography
- Residential segregation
- Urban decay
- White genocide conspiracy theory
- Xenophobia
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