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thenewgreen · 4277 days ago · link · · parent · post: As Detroit approaches a new turn in its difficult journey, many people are asking: how did we get to this point?
What about race and white flight? Certainly Detroit is a much more racially segregated city than it was in 1960, and this increase reflects the relocation of a substantial part of the white population to the affluent suburbs.
I enjoyed this piece, and in particular I like the links it provided. As for the white flight, have you ever read Jeffrey Eugenides book Middlesex? It tells of the Detroit riots and the following white flight in an interesting way. Great book. b_b, you ever read it?