Class or race

Many cities throughout the United States suffered from something called white flight meaning that white people were leaving the city and moving to the suburbs. Baltimore's population in 1950 was 950,000 and 70% were white while 24% were Black. In 2020 the population was 590,000 and it was 62% Black and 30% white. Detroit is even worse. In 1950 the Detroit population was 1.85 million with 84% being white. By 2020 the population had declined to 650,000 and was 10% white. This same type of white flight is now happening to states as white people are leaving places like New York, Illinois and California and moving to Texas and Florida. The population of New York in 1970 was 63% white and today it is 31%. The country has been returning to segregating since the Civil Rights amendment of 1965. This legislation had hopes of bringing Americans together but it had just the opposite effect. One explanation for this is that this separation was not caused by racism but by economics. Some say it is more about class than race.