White Families Who Moved into Gentrified Communities Usually Professed Liberal

Multiple Choice

White families who moved into gentrified communities usually professed liberal attitudes toward people of color.Therefore,gentrification failed to increase the dialogue between the new white residents and the former black residents because:

A) the white families were actually racist land speculators
B) the black families fled to the suburbs when the whites moved into their neighborhoods
C) a social class barrier divided the two groups
D) white families' rental of most of the homes to transients who did not live in the community long enough to establish relationships
E) both groups spent most of their time at work and had little time available for socializing