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Long accused of racism and “white flight,” the ethnic Americans driven from their homes and neighborhoods—the author included—finally get the chance to tell their side of the story.
“A startlingly honest and poignant look at ‘white flight’ from the white perspective. A necessary and overdue corrective.” —Brent Bozell III, founder and president of the Media Research Center
I asked one lifelong friend, a rare Democrat among the displaced, why he and his widowed mother finally left our block in the early 1970s, twenty years after the first African-American families moved in. He searched a minute for the right set of words, and then simply said, “It became untenable.” When I asked what he meant by “untenable,” he answered, “When your mother gets mugged for the second time, that’s untenable. When your home gets broken into for the second time, that’s untenable.” In researching this project, I found myself repeatedly stunned by the failure of self-described experts on white flight to ask those accused of fleeing why it was they fled. The reason the experts didn’t ask, I discovered, is that they were afraid of what they might learn.
“A startlingly honest and poignant look at ‘white flight’ from the white perspective. A necessary and overdue corrective.” —Brent Bozell III, founder and president of the Media Research Center
I asked one lifelong friend, a rare Democrat among the displaced, why he and his widowed mother finally left our block in the early 1970s, twenty years after the first African-American families moved in. He searched a minute for the right set of words, and then simply said, “It became untenable.” When I asked what he meant by “untenable,” he answered, “When your mother gets mugged for the second time, that’s untenable. When your home gets broken into for the second time, that’s untenable.” In researching this project, I found myself repeatedly stunned by the failure of self-described experts on white flight to ask those accused of fleeing why it was they fled. The reason the experts didn’t ask, I discovered, is that they were afraid of what they might learn.
Product Details
| Publisher | Post Hill Press |
| Publish Date | July 04, 2023 |
| Pages | 256 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Digital (delivered electronically) |
| EAN/UPC | 9781637586471 |
About the Author
An independent writer and producer, Jack Cashill has written seventeen books and appeared on C-SPAN’s Book TV a dozen times. He has also produced a score of feature-length documentaries.
Jack serves as senior editor of Ingram’s magazine and writes regularly for American Thinker, American Spectator, and WorldNetDaily. He has a Ph.D. from Purdue University in American studies and a B.A. in English from Siena College.
Jack serves as senior editor of Ingram’s magazine and writes regularly for American Thinker, American Spectator, and WorldNetDaily. He has a Ph.D. from Purdue University in American studies and a B.A. in English from Siena College.
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