Unease from white people when topics of race are brought up. A general cringing or shutting down towards openly talking about white privilege, or racism as manifested in subtleties of everyday life. Not being able to confront the millions of corpses below them. The fact white fright was not already defined in Urban Dictionary.
by sensayshun February 2, 2017
Get the white fright mug.A feeling by African- Americans of being devalued, depressed and anxious by subtle oppression from whites who hold a power position in their life. These are behaviors and authentic feelings that are believed to be historically stemmed from slavery carried on from one generation to another.
A black parent might feel intimidated by his/ her child's white teacher who appears to be subtly oppressive. Because of white fright, the parent left the school without conversing with the teacher of her child.
by Nehemiah's Sister November 6, 2013
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Did you know that city developers now say it is wrong to build single family homes? You did? Then you were a white flight Tom and moved into a single family home.
by banana republic revolution June 20, 2020
Get the white flight Tom mug.Great White Flight (Noun) - The mass exodus of white people from the City. This usually occurs from 5-6 PM Monday Through Friday.
Tyler: "Hey, Skylar, I hear there is safety in numbers. We should join the great white flight!"
Skylar: "Why yes, Tyler, do you suppose there is time to stop at the starbucks?"
Skylar: "Why yes, Tyler, do you suppose there is time to stop at the starbucks?"
by CityEMS November 15, 2011
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Get the white fight mug.White flight is when local businesses shut down or leave a neighbourhood because they keep getting robbed. The opposite of white flight is gentrification, where legal businesses replace illegal ones (drug peddling, extortion, prostitution). Some people think that both of these are incredibly racist for some reason.
by Palladium1 October 22, 2022
Get the White flight mug.Unlike what most shitheads on this site say, white flight is basically where white people move away from the inner cities to more expensive "vanilla suburbs" which leads to inner cities consisting of increased populations of blacks and hispanics.
White flight is not hatred or bigotry towards minorities. It's just white people simply moving to a home with more bedrooms.
by UltimateDoge May 24, 2022
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