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Woldoff, Rachael. "Blacks in Search of Integration: A Contemporary Ethnography of White Flight from the Perspective of Black Pioneers" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA, Jul 31, 2008 <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p242926_index.html>

Woldoff, R. A. , 2008-07-31 "Blacks in Search of Integration: A Contemporary Ethnography of White Flight from the Perspective of Black Pioneers" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p242926_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: While the impact of white flight on neighborhood life has long been a concern, very little research has focused on perceptions of the blacks who act as �pioneers.� In many cases, the first blacks who move into white communities intentionally seek integration, but in a short period of time, they find their community has �turned over� or resegregated to become predominantly black. This paper draws on an ethnographic case study of Parkmont, a neighborhood that has transitioned from predominantly white to predominately black to analyze a unique population: black pioneers who have entered a white neighborhood and witnessed the process of white flight. Using field observations and semi-structured intensive interviews, the goal of this paper is to better understand pioneers� views about the desire for integration and their opinions of the �second wave� blacks moving in as the area completed the cycle of racial transition. This paper is part of a larger project that addresses limitations of past research on neighborhood change by specifically examining blacks� residential preferences/motives, aspirations, and disappointments concerning integration and white flight.

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