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Re:Detroit files for Chapter 9 bankruptcy amid staggering de... by tptacek on Thursday July 18, 2013 @05:14PM (#6066555)
The only thing racist about attributing Detroit's decline to "white flight" is the name "white flight", since black families were also very much a part of white flight.
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Re:Detroit files for Chapter 9 bankruptcy amid staggering de... by jbooth on Thursday July 18, 2013 @05:18PM (#6066584)
Lots of cities had race riots in the 60s. Lots of cities were rough during the crack epidemic, too. Most are doing great these days.

Looking past the collapse of the auto industry (which coincided with the greatest population decline in 2000-2010), to riots 50 (!) years ago as the sole reason for decline strikes me as having the answer in mind before hearing the question. YMMV.

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Re:Detroit files for Chapter 9 bankruptcy amid staggering de... by 554594bc on Thursday July 18, 2013 @05:54PM (#6066811)
>Lots of cities had race riots in the 60s. Lots of cities were rough during the crack epidemic, too.

Not a lot of cities have had black mayors continuously since 1974.

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Re:Detroit files for Chapter 9 bankruptcy amid staggering de... by tptacek on Thursday July 18, 2013 @06:03PM (#6066864)
Were any of those cities of Detroit's size, and did they too lose double digit percentages of their majority white populations?
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