White Flight

White Flight is a Racist Notion by Patrick Krey

In this blog entry Krey argues that "white flight," a term that refers to white families moving out of the city to the suburbs, is a racist term and should not be used. He says that it is natural for any person who wishes to raise a family to move away from poverty and crime. -If I was raising a family I would want to move them out of the city to where there was less crime and pollution so as to raise them in a safer atmosphere.- Krey says "The notion of “white flight” says that a community cannot prosper without racist white people living there. I think that is extremely racist!" Krey says that to fix the problem of poverty caused by the weak economy, the government should eliminate the barriers in business, lower taxes, and cut spending. Krey finishes with, "Using the term “white flight” might make you feel superior to the supposedly “evil” middle class but, in reality, it is racist and demeaning to non-whites." I encourage you to read Krey's entire entry by clicking the link above.

I would agree with Krey on what he says in most aspects. Living in the city, for the most part, is dangerous. Anybody has the right to move where ever they please no matter what their skin color is. Attempting to blame white people for the problems related to inner-city schools and inner-city living in general is nonsense. Although I do agree that cutting taxes and spending is a good thing, I don't know if I agree that it would solve the problems of poverty in cities. Reversing urban decay is a difficult task, something that might not be fixed by cutting taxes... although I can't think of a situation where it would cause the problem to get worse. Over the long haul cutting taxes would probably help the situation, but probably not initially.