Why the Right-Wing Is Frantic: More Minority Babies Than White Babies Now Born in America

[MrScorpio]

Submitted by mark karlin on Sat, 06/25/2011 - 12:27pm. EditorBlog

It's white, Christian America's race against what they see as a demographic time bomb.

That is why this Associated Press (AP) headline strikes an anxious fear in so many US citizens who believe in white "American Exceptionalism": "Census Shows Whites Lose US Majority Among Babies."

BuzzFlash at Truthout has commented about this trend before and why it is part of the frenetic offensive against democracy that we see taking place, including an onslaught of state efforts to restrict voting in a way that will disproportionately disenfranchise the elderly, the disabled, the poor, minorities and students.

Many BuzzFlash critics have emailed us about this subject over the years. Most often, their contention is that America is a republic not a democracy. Although this has some implications in the argument over states' rights versus the federal government, it usually is offered in the context of asserting that only certain Americans should elect the government.

"Certain Americans" in this context, we infer, means white, Christian voters with a relatively good income.

http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/12804

[SharonAnn]

1. They have their "quiver full" movement, but their kids are not educated, so

they won't be much threat.

Liberals will rule!

[KittyWampus]

10. IMO, an Army of Stupid is actually a threat. Unless those kids grow up rebelling and reject

teh stupid.

We can only hope.

[bluestateguy]

2. That's why we'll start seeing more and more pro-choice conservatives in the coming years

nt

[McCamy Taylor]

3. Great news! A melting pot is a happy pot!

[patrice]

4. Nailed it. nt

[Whisp]

5. this is what scares Israel as well.

oooo!!!!!. brown people!

[KittyWampus]

11. What? Israelis are essentially "brown people".

[Kahuna]

6. I wonder how rushbo took the news. This coming news has been

the underlying theme of the freeper types and their discontent. This is what they mean when they say they want to 'take THEIR country back.' With a black president they no their is little chance of that so they are doubly nutso. I don't know how this is going to end. But it will not be pretty....for THEM.

[bemildred]

7. The South shall fall again. nt

[formercia]

8. Needledicks need not apply.

Jungle Fever,Baby....:rofl:

[formercia]

12. Fuck everybody.....

http://downloadpolitics.com/showthread.php?9774-Fuck-everybody..

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. Voter ID anyone?

:evilgrin:

[Enrique]

13. Gainin' on ya!

:rofl:

[mrmpa]

14. Maybe 10 years ago I was having a discussion about abortion...

with some co-workers. I remember clearly saying that I thought that anti-abortionists could be viewed as racists, because there were more white women having abortions than there were minority women. Further that anti-abortionists were afraid of this demographic occurring.

Now I know I'll get nailed by some DU'ers out there, who are anti-abortionists, but not racist. However, I think that the anti-abortion movement should be looked at with the view I have expressed.

[Taitertots]

15. Who cares what race they are, worldwide population grow is a problem

It is not possible to have continued exponential population growth without causing systemic quality of life problems.

[robdogbucky]

16. We appear to be at that point in the future that Toffler wrote of in Future Shock

I remember reading this book when it came out in 1970 and thinking what will all the rednecks do when they are outnumbered? Will they still like majority rule in our fine democracy? One of the alarming demographic trends they cited was the trend of the shrinking of the Christian white majority in this country.

Read Future Shock:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/7000483/Alvin-Toffler-Future-Shock



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Wherever you go, there you are

[Stevenmarc]

17. Nothing new, John Burt a KKK grand dragon was a leader in the 80's

the anti-abortion movement has always had their roots in racisim

[Zax2me]

18. Doubtful.

Frantic right wingers is an every-day term.
I doubt this news is THE reason why right wing is frantic.

[Scurrilous]

19. K & R

:thumbsup: