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Definition of White Flight
(noun) The movement of white people from urban areas into the suburbs.
White Flight Pronunciation
Syllabification: white flight
Audio Pronunciation
Phonetic Spelling
- American English – /wIEt flIEt/
- British English – /wIEt flIEt/
International Phonetic Alphabet
- American English – /waɪt flaɪt/
- British English – /waɪt flaɪt/
Usage Note
- Plural: white flights
Additional Information
- Economic Sociology Resources – Books, Journals, and Helpful Links
- Word origin of “white” and “flight” – Online Etymology Dictionary: etymonline.com
Related Terms
- bedroom community
- economic
- exurb
- gentrification
- megalopolis
- metropolis
- stockbroker belt
- suburb
- urban renewal
Works Consulted
Ferris, Kerry, and Jill Stein. 2010. The Real World: An Introduction to Sociology. 2nd ed. New York: Norton.
Griffiths, Heather, Nathan Keirns, Eric Strayer, Susan Cody-Rydzewski, Gail Scaramuzzo, Tommy Sadler, Sally Vyain, Jeff Bry, Faye Jones. 2016. Introduction to Sociology 2e. Houston, TX: OpenStax.
Wiley. (N.d.) Wiley Online Library. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/).
Cite the Definition of White Flight
ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “white flight.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved April 26, 2024 (https://sociologydictionary.org/white-flight/).
APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)
white flight. (2013). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/white-flight/
Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “white flight.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://sociologydictionary.org/white-flight/.
MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)
“white flight.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2013. Web. 26 Apr. 2024. <https://sociologydictionary.org/white-flight/>.