black flight

American  

[blak flahyt] / ˈblæk ˈflaɪt /

noun

1. the movement of Black people from inner-city neighborhoods to the suburbs.

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Example Sentences

Just before a dive, they’d change into fleece vests, black flight suits bearing the OceanGate logo and warm socks — no shoes allowed on the submersible.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023

I asked Dureza, who wore mirrored Oakley sunglasses and a black flight vest over a Jaguar racing shirt, how he’d been able to free Sekkingstad.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 13, 2016

White flight soon became middle-class black flight, and overall population atrophied from a peak Census tally of 627,000 in 1960 to 343,000 40 years later.

From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2015

"When black flight out of the city began, this was the logical frontier," Gordon said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2014

The black-and-white picture was of a man who looked almost exactly like Miles, one eyebrow quirked up, wearing a black flight jacket and standing next to a WWII-era fighter plane.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia