black flight

noun

The migration of African Americans from predominantly black or mixed inner-city areas to suburbs and newly constructed homes on the outer edges of cities.

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Meanings

nounblack flight (uncountable)
  1. USuncountableurban studiesThe migration of African Americans from predominantly black or mixed inner-city areas to suburbs and newly constructed homes on the outer edges of cities.
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