Could then-suburbs be a result of socio-econmic divide rather than racism? Poor people &#x2F; minorities get left behind. Maybe a then-bonus was homogenous grouping (which, historically, people tend to prefer), but it seems that a driving factor would be to get out of crowded space. The covenants, yeah, racist people did and do exist, but was that the majority? In your linked Wikipedia, it says that the desegregation of schools happened much earlier than the White Flight, and that many whites stayed and, sometimes violently and often politically, tried to prevent minorities from moving in to their areas. Could it be the more racist of the whites stayed in the cities (covenants aside)? Without more information, I don&#x27;t see this yet as suburbs == racism bolstered by the availability of the car. 
Edit: apparently I replied to the wrong comment. And mobile makes it hard to rectify.