Subtle Flight

By Ashwon Martin
Published 05/23/2007
Editorials
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Ashwon Martin

Subtle Flight

From city to city blacks seem to be dispersing from the city and moving to the closet suburbs or farther. Washington, D.C. is seeing the effects of this, as well as other cities. In 2000, the D.C. metropolitan area had 60 percent of its residents being African American. By 2006 the African American population went to 55 percent. According to Robert E. Lang, Dir. Of Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech says that there will be no clear majority by 2020 in major cities across America.

D.C. area is becoming unaffordable to African Americans, because of gentrification. So now, African Americans are now moving towards the edges of the city for affordability. Where does this put us as African Americans? Only time will tell.

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Comment #1 (Posted by Rev John Garlington) Rating: ratingfull

Unfortunately, this is a case of the grass being greener and adopting the appearances of economic success without counting the larger cost. By moving out to the suburbs, gas prices continue to go up which will financial hurt African Americans in the long run. There is going to be consistent pressure to develop inner cities to take the strain of a petroleum-ridden society from its usage of foreign oil. And another thing is happening is while inner cities are seeing a major revitalization or gentrification, moving poor people to the suburbs without providing public transportation. That’s going to be a problem.

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