[lbo-talk] maps that show the racial breakdown of America’s biggest cities

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Speaking of residential segregation and desegregation, evidently a
deseg process is going on in Detroit in the last several years.

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Detroit sees rise in white residents after 60 years

BY JOHN WISELY
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

A stunning demographic reversal is taking shape in Detroit.

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After six decades of white flight, the percentage of white Detroiters
has shot up dramatically, according to a new census survey released
Tuesday.

The survey, more estimate than precise numbers, shows that the
percentage of white, non-Hispanic Detroiters rose from 8.4% of the
city's population in 2008 to 13.3% last year.

Much of the rise can be pegged to younger white people -- along with
some empty nesters -- moving to the city, even as African Americans
continue to leave for the suburbs.

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