White births no longer a majority in U.S.
For the first time in U.S. history, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the country. We're taking a closer look at this interesting story from the Current community. Check it out and add your two cents:
White births in US no longer a majority
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New data from the 2011 census reveal that racial and ethnic minorities outnumber the previous white majority. The minorities – Hispanics, blacks, Asians and those of mixed race – made 50.4 per cent in total, whereas non-Hispanic whites accounted for 49.6 percent in the 12-month period that ended last July. The survey also shows births are actually declining for both whites and minorities, due to the economic recession.
"This is an important landmark," said Roderick Harrison, a former chief of racial statistics at the Census Bureau who is now a sociologist at Howard University. "This generation is growing up much more accustomed to diversity than its elders."
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