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Originally Posted by ChotooMotoo
"Ethnic Cleansing" as it's used almost always means violence.
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It can be used to mean that, but not necessarily, nor is it "almost always" used that way.
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Originally Posted by ChotooMotoo
If a predominantly Black neighborhood lived in a flood plain, their properties were flooded, and the government subsequently bought their flooded property (causing the people to relocate) that would not be considered Ethnic Cleansing, even though the Black Population was obviously eliminated from their land.
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If a predominantly black neighborhood was forcefully relocated because they were black and that was an undesirable trait/ethnicity according to the authority in the area, that would be a form of ethnic cleansing.