abstract: "White flight" is a sociological phenomenon where White members depart urban neighborhoods or schools predominantly populated by minorities, and move to places like suburbs or commuter towns. A huge limitation in White flight research does not account for communities in rural America. The rural community of Garden City, Kansas, is of particular interest because of its shift in demographics over the years. Garden City has transformed dramatically with the arrival of immigrants to staff meatpacking plants and their children who attend the Garden City Public School District. In the last eighteen years, the Garden City Public School District has experienced a 204% growth in Hispanic student enrollment while simultaneously experiencing a 54% decline in White student enrollment. The exodus of White students from the Garden City Public School District is the focus of this research. The findings of this study indicate that White flight exists in the Garden City Public School District primarily as a product of racism due to White community constituents' feelings of xenophobia and ethnophobia toward Garden City's minority populations. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ed.D. Educational Leadership and Policy Studies 2011
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:9317 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Contributors | Volk, Michael John (Author), Glass, Gene V (Advisor), Danzig, Arnold B. (Committee member), Davey, Lynn M. (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher) |
| Source Sets | Arizona State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Doctoral Dissertation |
| Format | 102 pages |
| Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved |
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