Last year the US Census Bureau, reported that white American (non-Hispanic) babies had become a minority group. This year the US Census Bureau is reporting that, in the category of children 5 and under, white Americans are about to become a minority. Racial or ethnic minority children 5 and under are at 49.9%, only 0.02% away from making white American children 5 and under a minority. This could happen as early as this year or next. This change is also accompanied by the fact that white Americans are having more deaths than births. In the category of 18 years or younger, white Americans are said to become a minority within the next 5 years.
I think if Benjamin Franklin knew about this, he would be rolling over in his grave. As we have seen in his 1751 essay Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, &c., Franklin was hoping that the British would inhabit the British colonies in North America, and that pretty much all other races be excluded. Granted that the US has taken up the English language and many other characteristics of the Anglo culture as the norm. A lot of people think that Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group in the US, but they are only second to Asians.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22895162
That is so interesting. I think no one have ever thought that whites in America will be minority. I don't know if it is refering to the entire country or just a state. I can see that in a state like California but throughout the country it seems highly unlike to me.
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