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Reverse Migration Trend Continues As Black Residents Leave Big Cities
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9:44Now PlayingThe trend of Black residents relocating from major northern and western cities to the suburbs or to the South has accelerated over the past decade.
In 1980, about 40% of Chicago’s population was Black and as of 2020, the Black community only accounts for 29% of Chicago’s residents. This shrinkage stands in contrast to the Black people who surged into the city during the Great Migration.
Former Chicago residents have cited crime, an increased cost of living, policing unfavorable to Black communities and systemic racism as their rationale for relocating.
Marcia Chatelain, professor of history and African American studies at Georgetown University, joins Charles Blow on “Prime” to discuss.
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