"white flight" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Attested since 1954. Note that state laws enforcing racial segregation in schools were ruled unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education the same year. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} 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. Wikipedia link: Brown v. Board of Education, US Supreme Court Tags: US, uncountable Categories (topical): Urban studies

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