[lbo-talk] Michigan Racial integration in the suburbs brings no battles, but issues remain

[c b]

Past threads on LBO-talk  have touched on the Census' reports that
Detroit and its
suburbs have been the most racially segregated metropolitan area in
the US.  The new Census report is that there has been a significant
migration of Black people out of Detroit to surrounding suburbs, an
integrating trend. An earlier report (copied below) found an influx of
whites into Detroit. However, a third article indicates perhaps there
is
starting a new wave of  "white flight"  out of  the
these recently, mildly integrated suburban schools.

We  shall overcome !

Charles

^^^^^

Racial integration in the suburbs brings no battles, but issues remain

http://www.freep.com/article/99999999/NEWS06/110323003&template=theme&theme=2011_CENSUS?odyssey=mod|dnmiss|umbrella|3

Black influx impacts school choice in Detroit suburbs

Whites seek other education options as blacks move in

Ron French and Mike Wilkinson / The Detroit News

Detroit suburbs are increasingly becoming integrated in neighborhoods,
but less so in the classroom.

A Detroit News analysis of U.S. census and state data shows many
communities that witnessed large increases in African-American
population also saw a striking increase in white students leaving
their home towns to attend classes.

The transition can largely be attributed to the schools of choice
program, based on an analysis of census and Michigan Department of
Education data released this month.

The trend is particularly notable in Macomb County, which led the
state in increase in black population, and where one in 10 students
takes advantage of schools of choice, often to study in classrooms
that are whiter than their neighborhoods


>From The Detroit News:
http://detnews.com/article/20110324/METRO/103240393/Black-influx-impacts-school-choice-in-Detroit-suburbs#ixzz1Hdh0358r

^^^^^
Well, "seek other education options" is a bit of a euphemism" lol

Archive posts on residential segregation:
http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2001/2001-May/009015.html

http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2001/2001-May/009031.html

http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2001/2001-May/009031.html

http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2001/2001-May/009033.html

http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2001/2001-May/009034.html

http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2010/2010-September/012612.html

http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2010/2010-September/012679.html

A stunning demographic reversal is taking shape in Detroit.

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.

Read more: Detroit sees rise in white residents after 60 years |
freep.com | Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20100929/NEWS06/9290313/1319/Detroit-sees-rise-in-white-residents-after-60-years#ixzz10v9N07V0

http://www.freep.com/article/20100929/NEWS06/9290313/1319/Detroit-sees-rise-in-white-residents-after-60-years

James Heartfield

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

"Detroit sees rise in white residents after 60 years BY JOHN WISELY
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER et etc"

Hasn't 'white flight' been in reverse in many cities for some time?
Certainly London has seen gentrification of some of its inner cities.
I thought the same was true of many American cities?

^^^^^ CB: Not much in Detroit until this report. Washington , DC has
had a significant increase in the percentage of white residents as
compared with the 1970's when it was "Chocolate City"