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名詞

white flight (uncountable)

1. (US, urban studies) The large-scale migration of white people from racially mixed urban regions to more racially homogeneous suburban or exurban regions.

   Coordinate term: black flight

   • 1954 July, Ann O'Reilly, “World Citizen Starts on His Block”, in Catholic Interracialist‎, volume 14, number 3, page 3:

     The [Hyde Park-Kenwood Community] Conference was formed in an attempt to stop panic-inspiring rumors and "white flight," and so to work for an integrated, peaceful community.

   • 1988, Richard D. Mohr, Gays/Justice: A Study of Ethics, Society, and Law‎, →ISBN, page 193:

     This is illegitimate, since it is only the current bigotry in the society that causes property values to drop—as the result of white flight and the subsequent reduction in the size of the purchasing market.

   • 2021 May 22, “What It Means to be an American”, in The Economist Magazine‎, volume 439, number 9246, page 7:

     Mr [Bob] Kroll grew up in a blue-collar, union family in the city centre but moved out, one more case of white flight.

   • 2025 September 13, Edward Luce, “A descent into mutual loathing”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7:

     Although Kennedy's off-the-cuff oration pacified that crowd, the nationwide riots following King's death accelerated a “white flight” to the suburbs that contributed to undo many of America's recently won civil rights advances.