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hshshs2 | 5 years ago

important to note that is not really a clear cut case in boston, most kids in the boston public school system are not white (largely due to white flight to the suburbs when the city tried to desegregate schools)... this is despite the fact that boston itself has recently become predominately white (and white kids are going to private schools at a higher rate since... forever)

this is changing slowly as the city gentrifies and the traditionally black neighborhoods are becoming less affordable for black people (who have an average net worth of only $8)... which I suppose is black flight, but the term is problematic because it’s evocative if white flight (which was a choice to avoid integration)... black flight largely is the lack of choice due to racial inequity

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