At the time it was "white flight to the suburbs."
As mentioned here elsewhere, liberals talk a good game but when it comes to their children, why they are simply not going to send their children to a crime-ridden "ghetto" school. Especially when they are trying to get their precious "Tiffany" and "Todd" into a good college.
You should see the schools that these limousine liberals send their kids to in such tony Boston suburbs as Weston, Carlisle, Hingham and Dover. They are 99% white with a smattering of Asians. Smart and polite Asians.
My sister lives in Weston. Talk about tony, like her son went on a field trip to Italy for Latin class.
I'll give you a hint...you'll find little black kids,Brattle Street and a petition signed by Laurence Tribe and Julia Child (among many others).
About 15 years ago I ran into three brothers whom I knew from an old Boston neighborhood my family lived in.
They were one family that did not make it out when busing waas forced down on the school system. They described getting into fights every day of the week. The white kids were constantly ganged up on by the blacks.
I remember the oldest brother telling me the only thing he learned in high school was how to fight. Said he and his brothers received no education at all.