In a Generation, Minorities May Be the U.S. Majority

[tri_blog]

This demographic and racial shift already happened at universities like UC Berkeley and UC Irvine. There, whites make up a minority group and Asians make up the majority.

In a Generation, Minorities May Be the U.S. Majority (NYT

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[capthek]

Consider this, since 2000 the majority of births in this country have been minority children, so already 8 years olds have the minority majority mindset.

Anyway, I actually think it will happen more quickly, that immigration will pick up when we realize the babyboomers are all going away and we need to increase our immigration to pick up our growth.

[tri_blog]

Anyway, I actually think it will happen more quickly, that immigration will pick up when we realize the babyboomers are all going away and we need to increase our immigration to pick up our growth.

You must be kidding. We already have too many people as it is. In fact, illegal immigration from Latin America has declined, because of the poor economy. Some people have picked up and gone home.

[jordan179]

You must be kidding. We already have too many people as it is.

I agree! Let's send all those Asians home!!! (jk)

Seriously, how much is "too much?" America is underpopulated by the standards of most nations. The main limit is energy, and once we get off our duffs and start building nuclear reactors, that will no longer be much of a concern for us, as we have a large amount of the proven uranium reserves.

In fact, illegal immigration from Latin America has declined, because of the poor economy. Some people have picked up and gone home.

I do not expect the "poor economy" (which is not even technically in a recession) to last for the next 30 years.

[tri_blog]

which is not even technically in a recession

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/business/01econ.html?bl&ex=1217736000&en=729a61d7e004a7dd&ei=5087%0A

Economists construed the tepid growth in the second quarter, combined with a surge in claims for unemployment benefits, as a clear indication that the economy remains mired in the weeds of a downturn. Many said the data increased the likelihood that a recession began late last year.

[jordan179]

This already happened, long ago. The hidden assumption being made here is that the difference between "non-Hispanic whites" and other groups is inherently far more signficant than the difference between "non-Anglo whites" and other groups.

If you looked at America 200 years ago, you would have seen a population in which the largest ethnic group was English, followed in some order by West Africans, Germans, Protestant Scots-Irish and Dutch. And in 1808, the differences between those groups would have seemed significant to them, even though the only group that we would have seen as being an official "minority" was the West Africans.

Over the next century, there was a massive influx of Catholic Irish, Germans, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans (*) Italians, Eastern Europeans, Jews and Chinese. All of these were seen as being "foreigners" and members of different "races" -- the only ones of these that we would now see as such would have been the Chinese, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans