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Old 09-19-2012, 02:19 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Non-Hispanic whites are the largest racial group in Texas, comprising almost half the population.

On the Records: Texas 1 of 5 "Minority-Majority" States — Census | The Texas Tribune
More than half of the 2011 Texas population, 55.2 percent, was of a race other than non-Hispanic white, according to demographic data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. That makes Texas one of five "minority-majority" states in the country.
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:19 PM
 
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This is just more pc nonsense that creates “Victimhood” of just about every group. Give it up and learn to live with other people’s opinions, needs, and ideas. Stop searching every corner of the earth for "victims” and you are not automatically a "victim" if everything doesn't go your way.

For crying out loud its a dance..a tradition decades old that I am sure many in the past before her couldn't attend for whatever reason but through some miracle managed to carry on with their lives...yet she alone felt special and entitled to this and being unable to participate in it makes her a "victim" or "inferior" or "punished" or "discriminated". The people screaming the loudest for "tolerance" and just want to be left alone can't seem to leave others alone and be tolerant themselves.

Get over yourselves. Sorry the world doesn't revolve around you. The world isn't fair, we are taught this as children. You people are being irrational fanatics and don't even know it, sad.
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:20 PM
 
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But a white female? That's about 40%.
You're being facetious, right?
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:21 PM
 
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On the Records: Texas 1 of 5 "Minority-Majority" States — Census | The Texas Tribune
More than half of the 2011 Texas population, 55.2 percent, was of a race other than non-Hispanic white, according to demographic data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. That makes Texas one of five "minority-majority" states in the country.
But it doesn't make whites the minority. They are no longer the majority, but they are still the largest group, which makes them a plurality, not a minority.
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:21 PM
 
Location: Richardson, TX
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You're being facetious, right?
No. Are you?
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:28 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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But it doesn't make whites the minority. They are no longer the majority, but they are still the largest group, which makes them a plurality, not a minority.
I know it's hard to accept but Whites are becoming the minority in some places.
I have asked if I can check the "minority" box but have been told no, even though we are not the majority anymore.

If you are not the majority, then you are part of the minority.
When the minority make up the majority then the majority become the new minorities.
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:31 PM
 
Location: In the Redwoods
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On the Records: Texas 1 of 5 "Minority-Majority" States — Census | The Texas Tribune
More than half of the 2011 Texas population, 55.2 percent, was of a race other than non-Hispanic white, according to demographic data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. That makes Texas one of five "minority-majority" states in the country.
Regardless, you know that was irrelevant to my point - since women & NON-whites were the ones lacking in freedoms until recent generations (and still to some degree).
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:32 PM
 
Location: In the Redwoods
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I know it's hard to accept but Whites are becoming the minority in some places.
I have asked if I can check the "minority" box but have been told no, even though we are not the majority anymore.

If you are not the majority, then you are part of the minority.
When the minority make up the majority then the majority become the new minorities.
NEW, yes. So again, completely irrelevant to my point... stop deflecting, LOL.
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:34 PM
 
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This is just more pc nonsense that creates “Victimhood” of just about every group. Give it up and learn to live with other people’s opinions, needs, and ideas. Stop searching every corner of the earth for "victims” and you are not automatically a "victim" if everything doesn't go your way.

For crying out loud its a dance..a tradition decades old that I am sure many in the past before her couldn't attend for whatever reason but through some miracle managed to carry on with their lives...yet she alone felt special and entitled to this and being unable to participate in it makes her a "victim" or "inferior" or "punished" or "discriminated". The people screaming the loudest for "tolerance" and just want to be left alone can't seem to leave others alone and be tolerant themselves.

Get over yourselves. Sorry the world doesn't revolve around you. The world isn't fair, we are taught this as children. You people are being irrational fanatics and don't even know it, sad.
Get over yourself, sir or ma'am. You are the one with the thin-skin regarding your "opinions, needs and ideas." No one is taking anything away from those fathers and daughters. They are still allowed to dance together, but now so is that girl without a father. The world doesn't revolve around daughters with fathers or vice versa. Just because other girls in the past were prevented from going because means nothing. They were treated unfairly and it took someone speaking out to change that. That's typically how it works in the United States. There is nothing irrational in bringing a discriminatory practice to light and remedying it.
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:35 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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NEW, yes. So again, completely irrelevant to my point... stop deflecting, LOL.
Yeah I know where you were going with your remark about gender and race.
I decided to play that game with the new census data.
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