This month, the Census Bureau released new data showing that white people will make up less than half the U.S. population just 30 years from now. According to census projections, non-Hispanic whites will still be the largest group by 2043, but people of color will collectively outnumber them. New York Times columnist Charles Blow writes that this browning of America has already happened in many cities. And he raises questions about how this demographic shift will affect race relations and power dynamics in our society.-NPR, Interview by Ari Shapiro, Story by Charles Blow
http://www.npr.org/2012/12/26/168084975/the-shifting-meaning-of-minority-in-america
MY TAKE
It is predicted that in the next 30 years "white People" will be the minority. Although the ethnicity of "whiteness" is truly not a definition of race. There is much speculation and uneasiness surrounding this topic. When this happens will it now be acceptable for White Pride to be celebrated without the old stigmata of hate groups? We currently celebrate Black History Month, Hispanic History Month, but we do not celebrate White History Month. The assimilation of non-European cultures to white American culture has been viewed as a sort of awakening, or education of the savages in our history. I think the celebration of blacks and Hispanics is more of a preservation of culture. The collective culture of whites in America has evolved without notice. The result of the evolution of white American culture is a dimishment of European culture once abundant in America.
After reading and listening to this story I feel like the real issue is an issue of culture. White Americans have watered down their own culture as a result of excluding "foreign" cultures, and races. Blacks, Hispanics and Whites will soon all be equal in the sense that our culture as Americans has now been blurred. I do not think that there will be a need for White History Month, or Black History Month when America becomes a country of minorities. The experiment of this country's melting pot will finally be complete. We will all be able to chose what ever culture fits our lifestyle without the weighted pressure of following a certain racial profile. As our races breed and mix cultures you will see an open acceptance of all cultures and lifestyles. The diversity of culture will reduce racism. --Life @ 66MPH!
