Sentences with phrase «often white suburbs»

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For decades white people with money fled the city for the suburbs, leaving behind a mostly brown and black population that was often bereft of resources.

All the while, metropolitan areas were changing rapidly, with middle - income whites leaving cities in droves and moving to all - white suburbs, which often excluded minority residents through a host of devices intentionally designed to promote housing segregation.

Worried about falling home values because of their new neighbor, the rest of the white families in the inner city neighborhood would often sell their own houses at a loss and flee to the suburbs.