a twist of "white flight"

Better schools and increased life chances does not always equate happiness. After re-evaluating costs and coming to the conclusion that suburban life would be getting the most bang for their buck, one black family decided to make the move. The biggest problem they are facing is that their children are having a hard time making friends in school, and the entire family feels isolated form the rest of their community, since they are one of two black families that live in the neighborhood. In order to develop relationships with fellow African Americans sometimes a commute to Detroit has to be made. Raising their children to have a strong sense of their ethnic heritage and cultural identity while still being able to move around in all parts of society is an increasingly difficult challenge facing minorities. A Detroit news poll taken in July found 49 percent of whites to prefer living in a racially mixed neighborhood, compared with 81 percent of blacks. Black movement to the suburbs is becoming a trend which looks very similar to “white flight” of the ‘50s and ‘60s. The consensus between a few families going through similar experiences with their entrance into the suburbs is that as soon as the kids finish school, they will be moving back into Detroit.