Day of the White Man Domination coming to an End

[peoli]

Whites to become minority in U.S. by 2050

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Non-Hispanic whites will become a minority in the United States by 2050, with immigrants and their children driving 82 percent of U.S. population growth in coming years, a new study said on Monday.

The U.S. population will grow to 438 million in 2050 from 296 million in 2005 if current population trends continue, the Pew Research Center study found.

Non-Hispanic whites would account for 47 percent of the total in 2050, it concluded.

By that time, one in every five Americans will be a foreign-born immigrant, compared to one in eight in 2005.

"Of the 117 million people added to the population in this period due to the effect of new immigration, 67 million will be the immigrants themselves and 50 million will be their U.S.-born children or grandchildren," the study said.

While the white population, with its lower fertility rate, ages, the Latino population, the nation's largest minority, will triple in size. Latinos will be responsible for 60 percent of the population growth until 2050.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1110177520080212

[Mojambo]

1. Speaking as a white man, I say thank god.

All that domination was making me tired!

[daleks not included]

5. Why?

The whites in latin america and Europe don't seem to mind. What is so bad about bein the majority/

[nightrider767]

16. He's jesting!

The point is, it's presumed that people are mostly good. If demographics change,,,, well whoop de dee. Big deal.

[Colobo]

17. Whites in Latin America are not a majority. They make around 20% of the population in the region.

[nightrider767]

2. I'm a little tired myself...

I'm predicting little change in anything.

Interesting article though. Good luck and happy future to all!

I've penciled myself in to be dead by then.

Cheers.

[Meldread]

6. I should still be around - 68 years old by then.

Geeze. That doesn't sound old when you think about 2050. By that time, if trends in keeping folks alive continue, 68 years old might be the equivalent of 21 today. I'll be younger then than I am now! :P

[nightrider767]

9. 68 will be the new 28!

I'll take care of my body in the later years so that the worms will be happy and I may make a good fertilizer.

A fitting end for a gardener.

Take care.

[happyslug]

3. Subject to an earlier New York Time reference:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3177722

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[Genevieve]

7. . . .

oy.

[DiamondJay]

10. not to mention our european heritage could be washed

and I am scared of that most. Altho immigrants should be welcome, we should maintain our ethnic european identity, and not marginalize ourselves into the minority

[nightrider767]

13. Freeper Alert

Reality check. People of all origins are your brothers and sisters....

[Iktomiwicasa]

15. European?

Not me bud. In fact, I don't really consider myself "american" in the way most here do. I am a citizen of a nation that predates america by many centuries. I am Lakota first and always.

[MADem]

20. "Our" European heritage? A lot of "us" aren't from a European heritage, there, pal.

A sizeable percent of us are from Africa, the middle east, southwest Asia and Asia...and then there's those of us from south of our border as well.

Better stock up on supplies and barricade yourself in your house, I guess, because all those non-Europeans aren't going to stop reproducing to please you!

:eyes:

[New Dawn]

25. How many Americans actually speak the language of their main ethnic background?

Ethnic Anglo-Saxons are only a small minority of the population. Yet nearly everyone speaks their language: English. Language is definitely one of the most important parts of ethnic identity. So, my point is, most American's ethnic identity is already dead - they speak English.

[Genevieve]

27. oh, please --

we stole this country from the native Americans.

"Our European Heritage" -- you must be kidding.

[nightrider767]

11. For the love of god... What circles do you frequent?

Get yourself out of the gutter!

[DiamondJay]

8. i wouldn't have as much issue if this wasn't because of illegal immigrants

but too many of the new non-whites are illegal immigrants, who take advantage of the born-on-US soil for their kids. I support minority rights, but I too am worried we could become the United States of Mexico and lose English, and our European based culture. especially that english is not a requirement or official language, and that our ATM machines aren't just in English. I am not being a bigot. I am pretty sure if the same thing happened to Canada, they would be worrying too about their culture.

[nightrider767]

14. It's happening all over the world...

People move, cultures change.

:popcorn:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

21. Yeah, Quebec is a hotbed of unrest.

:rofl:

[Firespirit]

23. Dude, quit while you're ahead

of a mod's tombstone button.

Or on second thought, if you really and truly have a problem with bilingual ATMs, maybe you should continue with this rhetoric....

[jody]

12. IMO there are many differences between the African American community and the Hispanic community as

defined by the U.S. census.


Whether the two groups can form a political union is problematical.

[fujiyama]

19. I don't believe African American growth rate is very high

Most of the growth rate is fueled by immigrant communities. Sure this includes Africans and other black Hispanics, but I imagine that plays a significant portion only in Florida and a few other states.

Also, Asian Americans are a small percentage of the population in the nation as a whole, but are rapidly rising.

And I don't understand your comment about hispanics and blacks "forming a political union". Are the two groups not capable of participating in a democracy? Then again, many of your posts on race have left me with more than a little suspicion...

[jody]

26. The OP "Day of the White Man Domination coming to an End" implies a political union between the

African American community and the Hispanic community.

[catnhatnh]

18. Shit....

....and I missed it.

[Bluebear]

22. What an ugly thread title you saw fit to give this article

[flowomo]

24. second that