Pine Bluff, AR, was home to a major aviation school during WWII, where the US Air Corps trained 9,000 pilots. In the 1970s, it was the fourth-largest city in Arkansas and had close to 60,000 people. However, White flight had already begun by 1980.
Ultimate, White flight created a huge Black majority by 2010. Then, the city began a freefall population collapse as both Whites and blacks fled the city. The population dipped below 40k in 2023, and the city is in ruins. Homicide rates are astronomical.
1990: 46% White, 54% Black
2000: 32% White, 66% Black
2010: 21% White, 75% Black
2020: 18% White, 78% Black
Homicide Rate:
2020: 41.0 (23, 56.1 per 100k)
2021: 40.2k (24, 59.7 per 100k)
2022: 39.6k (17, 42.9 per 100k)
2023: 39.1k (31, 79.3 per 100k)
Every white person and some Blacks know exactly what happen, but refuse or don’t have the balls to tell it like it is. Like most cities where blacks become the marjority, crime escalates, white continue to move bring tax collections down, stores close. whites take their money and move. The city crumbles without the white population propping it up with taxes. Then the gangs take over, drugs, cops are overrun and quit before they become a target. So, just look at the video, this is what happens everywhere when blacks move in and take control of the city.