Michelle Obama calls out the 'white flight' phenomenon: 'I want to remind white folks that y'all were running from us'

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• Former First Lady Michelle Obama spoke about her experience with discrimination growing up on the South Side of Chicago, calling out the trend of "white flight" in predominantly diverse communities.
• "White flight" is a trend in which white people move out of culturally diverse communities in masses, which is largely fueled by racial profiling.
• She said that people are "still running" from people of color in general.
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Former First Lady Michelle Obama spoke about her experience with discrimination growing up on the South Side of Chicago, calling out the trend of "white flight" in predominantly diverse communities.

"White flight" is a trend in which white people move out of culturally diverse communities in masses, which is largely fueled by racial profiling.

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