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Disparity in birth rates coupled with immigration statistics (legal or otherwise).
It's pretty straightforward.
However, it depends what you define as "minority". Essentially, by 2050 or so everyone will be a "minority". There won't be some monolithic 70% white block like back in the day...there will be tons and tons of people with 1/4 this and 1/8 that. What's going to be really interesting is when 1/8 kids start qualifying for scholarships more often and people getting mad because of it.
I think the future of racial tension in the US is intra-minority, it's already prevalent.
I am not concerned about our racial demographics changing (legally) as I am about our culture and national language changing. However, both our demographics and culture changing via illegal immigration from mostly one ethnic group should be unacceptable to all Americans.
From wikipedia: Apparently today it is a 50-50 split now between Catholics who are Democrats and those who are Republicans that wasn't so not that long ago.
From the mid-19th century down to 1964 Catholics were solidly Democratic, sometimes at the 80%-90% level. The Catholics formed a core part of the New Deal Coalition, with overlapping memberships in the Church, labor unions, and big city machines, and the working class, all of which promoted liberal policy positions in domestic affairs and anti-communism during the Cold War. Since the election of a Catholic President in 1960, Catholics have split about 50-50 between the two major parties in national elections.
Funny, you couldnt provide a link one to the actual subject requsted.
I'm a recovering Catholic, from one of the most solidly Catholic areas of the Midwest.
Guess what?
Its a red state, outside of its 2 main cities, always has been.
Funny, you couldnt provide a link one to the actual subject requsted.
I'm a recovering Catholic, from one of the most solidly Catholic areas of the Midwest.
Guess what?
Its a red state, outside of its 2 main cities, always has been.
What? You asked to see stats where I claimed that most Catholics were Democrats and I provided one for you. Initially most Catholics were Democrats that trend has changed I guess in recent years but it is still a 50-50 split. I am not Catholic so I don't know what your point is here. Someone in here claimed that most Christians are Republicans without even backing it up.
I am not concerned about our racial demographics changing (legally) as I am about our culture and national language changing. However, both our demographics and culture changing via illegal immigration from mostly one ethnic group should be unacceptable to all Americans.
I am concerned about illegal immigration but mostly from an economic standpoint, I do not see the benefit to American society of allowing millions of the world's poor to settle and have 7 kids in our borders while we're simultaneously trying to alleviate poverty and increase opportunity among our own population.
It's a treadmill cycle of poverty, and we will never eradicate it while our numbers increase exponentially via importation of poverty. That model worked in 1903 when we didn't have universal ed, WIC, foodstamps, Section 8, medicaid.....not in 2013 where we have a moral imperative to those within our borders.
In America, however, the only color that matters in the end is GREEN - which is why illegal immigration is a fuel for the fires of business interests and "minority-politics" special interests.
Disparity in birth rates coupled with immigration statistics (legal or otherwise).
It's pretty straightforward.
However, it depends what you define as "minority". Essentially, by 2050 or so everyone will be a "minority". There won't be some monolithic 70% white block like back in the day..
Kind of my point. It would seem as if all other races are to be counted as one in an effort to claim a white minority.
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The real problem isn't whether or not there will be white people or a white majority. It is how the changing demographics will affect the culture of America.
Look at it like this, would America be better off if half the population was fundamentalist Muslims? I hate to break it to you but what many call the black culture(maybe better called the ghetto culture), is a culture of violence, oversexualization, irresponsibility, and entitlement. That culture is already changing America, for the worse.
The primary reason one country is successful, and another country is not, is because of culture. If people who are coming from failed nations bring their culture to America, then America is doomed. It is not about the color of their skin, it is culture.
With that said, I do always find something interesting. While minorities tend to sometimes talk as if they are some monolithic group. They really aren't. As a general rule, Asians hate blacks, Asians hate Mexicans, Blacks hate Asians, Blacks hate Mexicans, and so on and so forth. The reality is that, although all the minorities might complain about how terrible white people are. They absolutely love white people in comparison to how they feel about each other.
Traditional western civilization and culture is just superior to other cultures. You may not want to hear it, but its true. East Asians have the most similar culture to western culture. But Asians tend to be far too collectivist, which has historically held them back as a culture. Individualism in the west produced capitalism. The old "protestant work ethic" is also a central cause of the west's rise.
LMFAO ROTF, you have got to be kidding. You have no idea what black culture is. What you just tried to describe was the culture of music in the African American community and you even failed at that. Culture as a whole includes far more than music.
Meh. Half the nation is fundamentalist Christians. Half the nation hangs on every word that drops from Limbaugh's fat lips. Half the nation thinks that cats are better than dogs. We wouldn't even notice the Muslim crowd - probably just send them off to pick kumquats or something.
You LOVE displaying your racist outlook to us. Get honest, already. Besides, what would America be without Motown and hip hop, not to mention professional sports teams? Boring, that's what. I'll keep the Atlanta Braves. You can have the ku klux klan.
Yeah, like the way the Irish brought the potato famine to Idaho. You can't find a decent spud in the supermarket today for love or money. And as if that wasn't bad enough, the Scandinavians had to show up and bring all that snow and cold weather to Minnesota. Then the Navajo came along and flooded the Southwest with those hand woven rugs with weird designs in them. Oh, wait. The Navajo were here first. Never mind.
Cuz white people are so cool and they just love EVERYONE! How on earth could some uppity minority not just love white folks right back?
Nah, it just produced cowboys who rode off into the sunset. You need to spend more time watching re-runs of "Gun Smoke" and less time counting up all the people who don't look like you.
This is America, remember? "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses longing to be free." The United States may not be good enough for you, but the rest of us are trying to give this being "one nation under god" thing a try. If you don't like it, go back to Mozambique.
Oh shoot, I repped ya way too early. Should have waited for this....
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