Originally Posted by
Wesley Mouch
Again? That suggests that you think it ever stopped?
White 'flight' was never fully white. I lived in a neighborhood where the demographics were changing, and the among the first families to move were the first blacks -- who had 'fled' the inner-city. They moved from the new blacks coming in just as fast as whites.
Flight from crime and poverty is a rational reaction to, well, crime and poverty. People want to live in better 'hoods. They dont want to live where their families are at risk. Being white and having lived through a migration, I can tell you that few cared what color people were -- although some did. Most fled because of crime, some others because of crime, and then there were those who moved because of crime.
If you want to solve 'flight', then solve crime. NYC has led the way in crime fighting. Just watched Bratton on Rose. He agreed that Stop, Frisk, and Question was overused -- but like medicine sometimes needed to be used in a strong dose. It was. It worked, and the NYC population in the worst neighborhoods benefitted. Detroit would do better to stop demonizing the cops for rare problems, but instead celebrating their successes in reducing crime. If crime gets under control, few will care about the color of their neighbors.
Did I say its all about crime.