KTVU -For the past 50 years, there’s been an exodus of African Americans from San Francisco to the suburbs.
Fred Jordan, head of the African American Chamber of Commerce, told me that racism and urban renewal are the reasons African Americans leave San Francisco.
"They pushed 50,000 African Americans out of San Francisco," says Jordan.
Even Willie Brown, the iconic former San Francisco mayor, says the black exodus is not a myth.
“No, it's not a myth. It's a reality. When I first ran for public office more than 40 years ago, the African American population was about 13 percent, or 90,000. Today it's under 5 percent and they have left town in droves," he said.
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