*I'd like to discuss a subject that's barely ever discussed on any forum. This was prompted by this thread. http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=145227 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight Here's a general definition/history of it. Until a year or so ago, I thought it was a rather limited phenomena....but apparently it's much bigger than I thought. White Flight is when white people leave a city when minorities enter it. One can say is based on many things, but not exclusively to each situation ie you can say it might be racism in some cases, but in other cases it just might be cultural differences, drops in housing value, crime, etc. It's really not limited to white and black, as I've seen a lot of it in California (where the black population is rather limited to certain areas). This picture will best illustrate what I mean. I'd like to convene personal experience in this area. I'm mostly white, with a rather broad mixture of racial backgrounds. I've lived in two communities in my life. One was my childhood home, and the other is a condo. The childhood home started out as a rather white neighborhood. I recall families all deeply connected and it was highly common to visit each other. Ironically as a child, I went to a school right next to me, and none of my white neighbors went to that school. I was perhaps one of the whitest kids in that school, which is odd, since I'm not even '80%' white. I recall a lot hatred thrown my way, even as a child (just because of my skin color). Right around my teens I saw a vast amount of my neighbors leave. At this point in time, the change was kind-of haunting...as there was no more kids on the street...playing. I remember a lot Mexican flags being waved around at school, and about ever non-white person was emphasizing their racial background. The whole idea of being white was looked down-up, and I won't lie, as it confused me greatly. Luckily I had something to keep me open, but at the same time comfortable. I had friends from my youth that were mostly not white, and then I had my first group of friends that were all white (outside of my neighborhood). I must say that at that point I realized there were cultural difference in how people treat one another, and generally there's a level of comfort in trusting the people around you...I didn't really account for that, but I felt it. The older I got, the more (young) white people I saw disappear, and the more virulent anti-white I saw the people grow. I began to realize that some people were leaving for good reasons, and I knew that they weren't racist...I wasn't. I felt impulsed to move elswhere, and luckily my father had additional place where I found moderate comfort in my surroundings. On personal level, I realized I'm very tolerant of differences, but I don't like people imposing on me...and it's nearly impossible when you enter certain parts of the Bay Area. By become friends with minorities (which I have had with 90% of my friends), it's almost unavoidable to find out your friend's parents, friends or girlfriend hates you because your white. Which baffles me, because what did I ever do to them!? So when I get my flight hours done here, I'll be moving on to an area that more white...although I would like to have somewhat of a racial mix in it. Reason being, I just don't want to deal with the bs of someone hating me over my skin color or hating my values when I keep them to myself. I mostly associate/befriend white people now-a-days, but I do socialize with minorities whom 'are on my team' ie they don't hold anyone dear that hates my guts for lack of reason. So there's one situation of future 'white' flight..... Curious what your view on this phenomena is. ????????
People like to be around people they are comfortable with. You thought it was a limited phenomena? Where do you live?
Bay Area...next to san francisco. I generally thought it wasn't as big as it said to be. Wiki asserts that it's happening elsewhere, and I recall someone in here saying England is divided in a similiar manner (but by religions).
I'm from England and white, we have a big blend here, there are some Indians and Pakistanis here (in my area) and some of them are annoying rude people. But they are no ruder than whites or blacks here. People are people and no matter what colour of the skin. Some are nice, some are complete idiots. You shouldn't be looked down upon because you are white, that is sad and if I were you I would deffo move to another area. Be comfortable in your community and you'll be comfortable in life mate.