White Flight From Middle Class Suburbs With High-Achieving Asian Students by ANJATI ENJETI

Author: Sue C. | Category: Unkown category | Date: 10-19-2022

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GHOSTS OF WHITE PEOPLE PAST: WITNESSING WHITE FLIGHT FROM AN ASIAN ETHNOBURB

If diversity is so important to liberal whites, why do they keep fleeing ethnically diverse suburbia?   JUN 14, 2017

 

 

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For the first time in my life, I am not a racial minority when I move to Johns Creek, Georgia. People from myriad cultures, ethnicities, religions, and nationalities deem this patch of earth home. Persian and Indian markets bookend strip malls. Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Korean, and Chinese restaurants perch on the corners of major intersections.  (read more)

 

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About: Sue C.

Hi All: Like most people in the Bay Area, I'm sheltering at home. I'm trying to use this opportunity to catch up on projects that are on my back burner and trying not to feel too anxious about the worst case scenarios that are circulating.

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Sue C.
Very interesting comments, Yeseul. About 15 years ago, there was white flight from Cupertino--white people either moved to the Homestead school district or sent their kids to private schools, fearing competition from Asians. That's why white people are "extremely rare" as you said. And you ...Read more are right--that Asians tend to do the opposite. thinking that going to the "best" schools would mean success for their kids. Maybe both groups' assumptions are wrong Less
Sue C.
1. What is the main point(s) in this article? 2. Do you see other examples of the same "white flight" phenomenon in California?
Yeseul Seo October 30, 2022 11:21 am
This article demonstrates that racism is involved in the "white flight". It states that white people have certain stereotypes result in relocating themselves to avoid Asians. As a student who ...Read more attends a competitive school in Cupertino, with Lynbrook being the neighbor school, this article intrigued me. The article also mentioned the competition among Asians because of racial inequality in college admissions. So far, I have not noticed white people relocating themselves (partially because white people are extremely rare). However, I did notice the opposite. Growing up, attending not-the-most competitive elementary and middle school, many Asian students (including my friends) would either change schools to private or move into a competitive area, such as Cupertino. Less
Nicole Lee October 31, 2022 9:02 am
The main point of this article is to point out and critique "white flight", which is when white people try to move away from areas where a lot of asians live. This is attributed to them not liking ...Read more the competitiveness of the place, or just being racist against Asians. Some things that were pointed out in this article that I can see in my area is that a lot of non-asians always confuse what counts as asian and what doesn't. For example, people always think that Asian people consists of just Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans. I can kind of see the white flight happening in my area, but it is not very obvious Less
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