White Americans not a majority by 2042

Good. It could not happen faster. White people abused their majority status for too long.

uroborus, you stole the words right out of my mouth.

:-)

LOL......the whites are the new mexicans... terrorists... jews....igloo-men...kwik-e-mart owners.....

Whites will just be the #1 minority group, but minority to who? A compilation of other minority groups? This article is racist.

why is this important

I guess white is the new brown eh?

Whites would still be the majority. Eh?

Mebbe we should bring out the pie chart to make sure that 46% is more than 30%.

just because whites cease to become the majority doesnt mean they'll cease to have the majority of power- just look at the racial misrepresentation in our current political seating.

O B A M A 0 8!

a majority means being above 50%. being the biggest percentage is called a plurality.

When is they day when we will all be mixed and no one will be able to claim a racial label?

In California the future is NOW. Hispanics/Latinos make up over 42% of our population based on the 2000 census. I wonder what it is now...

I also wonder what will happen to all those people 85 years of age and older in 2050? Will there be anyone to take care of them? In 2050 I will be 67 years old. Will I be able to retire? I hope so, but I won't bet on it.

Concept: High income individuals tend to have smaller families/birthrates.

Problem for conservative white supremicists: There are going to be more black people (Oh no!)

Solution: Give poor people more money...

Oops, sorry conservative white supremacists., I guess you just cant win. :-(

How do these people live with their views... I mean, really.

Wasnt this country founded on immigration?

Hey, I could get a minority scholarship!

*Pulls up a chair, pours a Guinness and waits for the racists to chime in*.

Unfortunately, that just means less white people will have more power over the rest of us.

So is the natural way of things. Whites, I guess we are calling them, will still have the majority though, because 46% is the highest, pluraity (spelling) is voting.

I think its kinda of ignorant in its report, we arent counting hispanics as a part of whites, what about the Russians, Eastern Euros, Italians, Jews, what ever happened to the Middle Easterners?

Anyways, just saying you cant generalize any population, even white. We are not all power seeking white grubby people, theres plenty of power seeking grubby African tribe lords in Africa, a couple totalitarian regimes in Asia, oh and some pretty power hungry guys in South America.

Diversity is a good thing though. So bring it on, I just hope people stop clinging to their ethnicity, let the world mix for once.

Oh and I think this trend will change in a couple decades, as they have always changed in the past.

The reason Hispanics have such a boom is due to immigration and high birth rate, that high birthrate is due to the culture from which most come from. Having more kids at a younger age is a good idea from that culture.

As Hispanics settle in the birthrate will lower, and I dont know about the immigration deal, it might go down now but it will be going back and forth between now and 2042.

I don't even want to think what the US will be like in that year.

Statistics are HORSES***

I only have 30 more years of being a minority??? that really upsets me...

I noticed the other day while selecting my ethnicity from a drop down box that caucasian was on the bottom of the list instead of the top. And I was wondering if it was because I was applying for a job in a primarily latino district or because I was becoming a minority. I guess its probably both. I actually thought wow, its about time.

It does not make a difference, we are all still Americans.

It's hard to imagine, despite whatever power shifts may occur, how anything would affect the overall human condition in a significantly positive way.