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progressoid

(49,992 posts) Thu Apr 23, 2015, 09:42 AM Apr 2015

So You're About To Become A Minority

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, white people have another 30 years to enjoy being America's majority race. But come 2045, the white population will make up less than 50 percent of the American population for the first time ever.

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So You're About To Become A Minority (Original Post) progressoid Apr 2015 OP

I'm wondering if those who travel the world already know that white people are not a majority? midnight Apr 2015 #1

I'm pretty sure whites have never been the majority in world population. Half-Century Man Apr 2015 #2

I'll believe it when I see it. I think the White race will remain the largest BlueCaliDem Apr 2015 #3

Not if the current birth rates persists brush Apr 2015 #4

Hispanic/Latino women are having fewer children, according to a Pew study. BlueCaliDem Apr 2015 #5

They're still having way more kids than whites brush Apr 2015 #7

We'll see in about thirty years if that trend holds. But you're right about one thing... BlueCaliDem Apr 2015 #9

Well, there is certainly yuiyoshida Apr 2015 #6

Beats me! BlueCaliDem Apr 2015 #10

The ironic part is that people think it will be better. ROFL. n/t jtuck004 Apr 2015 #8

It'll be better because there won't be enough teapublicans . . . brush Apr 2015 #11

Yeah, the old world is just gonna stand still and wait for you. jtuck004 Apr 2015 #12

What are you talking about? brush Apr 2015 #14

It was getting better in 1950, it was getting better in 1960, it was getting jtuck004 Apr 2015 #15

Dear people with no vision. Unless you are part of the 1%, you are ALREADY a minority. n/t jtuck004 Apr 2015 #13

Study some history brush Apr 2015 #17

Like India, Belarus, others? I think you mean dreamy, idealistic democracies jtuck004 Apr 2015 #18

Study some history was my complete thought brush Apr 2015 #19

Great youceyec Apr 2015 #16

midnight

(26,624 posts)

1. I'm wondering if those who travel the world already know that white people are not a majority?

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Thu Apr 23, 2015, 09:44 AM

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Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)

2. I'm pretty sure whites have never been the majority in world population.

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Thu Apr 23, 2015, 09:51 AM

Apr 2015

speaking globally and historically.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)

3. I'll believe it when I see it. I think the White race will remain the largest

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Thu Apr 23, 2015, 10:06 AM

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ethnicity in the United States.

brush

(53,815 posts)

4. Not if the current birth rates persists

Reply to BlueCaliDem (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 10:24 AM

Apr 2015

In many states Latino/a Americans are the majority of students entering first grade.

That shows what the future holds so we all better learn how to get along.

BlueCaliDem

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5. Hispanic/Latino women are having fewer children, according to a Pew study.

Reply to brush (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 12:00 PM

Apr 2015

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hispanic women in the United States, who have generally had the highest fertility rates in the country, are choosing to have fewer children. Both immigrant and native-born Latinas had steeper birthrate declines from 2007 to 2010 than other groups, including non-Hispanic whites, blacks and Asians, a drop some demographers and sociologists attribute to changes in the views of many Hispanic women about motherhood.

As a result, in 2011, the American birthrate hit a record low, with 63 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, led by the decline in births to immigrant women. The national birthrate is now about half what it was during the baby boom years, when it peaked in 1957 at 122.7 births per 1,000 women of childbearing age.

The decline in birthrates was steepest among Mexican-American women and women who immigrated from Mexico, at 25.7 percent. This has reversed a trend in which immigrant mothers accounted for a rising share of births in the United States, according to a recent report by the Pew Research Center. In 2010, birthrates among all Hispanics reached their lowest level in 20 years, the center found.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/01/health/us-birthrate-dips-especially-for-hispanics.html?_r=0

As I've said, I'll believe it when I see it. I think the White race will remain the majority in the United States. Most minorities are choosing higher education and career over motherhood.

Full disclosure: I'm Asian-American, the minority among minorities.

brush

(53,815 posts)

7. They're still having way more kids than whites

Reply to BlueCaliDem (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 01:31 PM

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The demographics of the country are changing fast so we all better get used to it.

In 30 years we'll all be minorities.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)

9. We'll see in about thirty years if that trend holds. But you're right about one thing...

Reply to brush (Reply #7)

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 10:16 PM

Apr 2015

...in 30 years we will ALL be minorities.

yuiyoshida

(41,835 posts)

6. Well, there is certainly

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 12:13 PM

Apr 2015

Enough Asians on the planet, why not here?

BlueCaliDem

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10. Beats me!

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #6)

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 10:17 PM

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jtuck004

(15,882 posts)

8. The ironic part is that people think it will be better. ROFL. n/t

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Thu Apr 23, 2015, 03:42 PM

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brush

(53,815 posts)

11. It'll be better because there won't be enough teapublicans . . .

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Thu Apr 23, 2015, 10:43 PM

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to obstruct progress like they do now in state and national legislative bodies.

They'll be a much smaller percentage of the electorate and their gerrymandering will be out of the window as there will be more POCs/dems to do the redistricting as the every-ten-year censuses will reflect the new demographic shifts.

In the 2014 election a million more people voted Democratic than repug but because of their 2010 census gerrymandering scam under the now disgraced Tom Delay still being in effect, they won more house and senate seats.

That won't hold up once the demographic shifts start being reflected in census results and dems control the redistricting.

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)

12. Yeah, the old world is just gonna stand still and wait for you.

Reply to brush (Reply #11)

Fri Apr 24, 2015, 12:26 AM

Apr 2015

Well, ok, believe it if you wish. But I have heard this record at least a couple times in my life so far, and usually it is played by people who turn out to be not very good at predicting the future. To their extreme displeasure.

Otoh, they are great at mixing drinks. Their favorite is kool aid.

brush

(53,815 posts)

14. What are you talking about?

Reply to jtuck004 (Reply #12)

Fri Apr 24, 2015, 01:09 AM

Apr 2015

Are you denying that the demographics of the country are changing as we speak?

In several states whites are already a minority in students entering first grade.

Those first-graders grow up to be voters in 15 years.

Do the math and stop with the debbie-downer nonsense.

The country is changing. Having a black president is just the begining of the shift.

Deny it all you want but we're not going back to the 50s.

Get a clue and get used to being a minority if you're still around in 30 years.

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)

15. It was getting better in 1950, it was getting better in 1960, it was getting

Reply to brush (Reply #14)

Fri Apr 24, 2015, 01:46 AM

Apr 2015

better...

heard it all before. I think you have the worldview of a horse with blinders. You also presume I am not a minority now. Must be tough gto live your life so wrong.

So thus, since you seem to think you know it all already, I will leave you to your better world which is coming, and will waste no more time with you.

Enjoy your pie. In the sky.

jtuck004

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13. Dear people with no vision. Unless you are part of the 1%, you are ALREADY a minority. n/t

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Fri Apr 24, 2015, 12:27 AM

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brush

(53,815 posts)

17. Study some history

Reply to jtuck004 (Reply #13)

Fri Apr 24, 2015, 09:39 AM

Apr 2015

Extreme income inequality with societies dominated by one percenters don't last.

jtuck004

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18. Like India, Belarus, others? I think you mean dreamy, idealistic democracies

Reply to brush (Reply #17)

Sun Apr 26, 2015, 06:12 PM

Apr 2015

won't last, and that I would agree with. I would also agree that you would be wrong less often if you wrote out the complete thought, but that's up to you.

We could easily slip, further, into a fascist state, or worse.

brush

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19. Study some history was my complete thought

Reply to jtuck004 (Reply #18)

Sun Apr 26, 2015, 06:25 PM

Apr 2015

And you should take me up on it.

Severe income equality does not last as people will only stay down for so long.

It's repeated in history over and over.

youceyec

(394 posts)

16. Great

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Fri Apr 24, 2015, 02:25 AM

Apr 2015

This 10 count post rule is really great.

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