white flight

[ hwahyt flahyt, wahyt ]

noun

1. the movement of white people, especially middle-class and affluent white people, from urban neighborhoods undergoing racial integration to the suburbs.

white flight

noun

1. the departure of White residents from areas where non-White people are settling

Word History and Origins

Origin of white flight¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

White flight was the policy of our federal, state and local government.

From The Daily Beast

It has white flight feathers, and its black color is a rusty black, that is, a black mixed with red.

From Project Gutenberg

There came a fierce volley from a hundred rifles and a white flight of arrows from the concealed Indians.

From Project Gutenberg

Nothing too slender or too fragile for the white flight to alight upon.

From Project Gutenberg

Behind her, like a mantle streaming in the wind, the white flight of pigeons follows her movements.

From Project Gutenberg

The principal difficulty which is encountered is the occasional appearance of one, two or three white flight feathers in the wing.

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