The Year White People Will Become a Minority in America Has Been Declared

[sheshe2]

2045. This is the year, the U.S. Census Bureau now projects, that whites will be in the minority.

According to information released Wednesday, the non-Hispanic, native-born white population "will become less than 50% before 2040," Brookings Institution demographer William Frey told Al Jazeera America. "Overall, there is white decline and minority gain for most of the projection period. [...] The majority-minority tipping point date is 2044," meaning that by 2045 the white population will become the racial minority.



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The implications of this shift in demographics go far beyond skin tone, arguably contributing to the increased racial tensions across America, especially post-Ferguson. A 2014 study by Northwestern University psychologists showed that fear of becoming the minority actually made white people more socially conservative. As Mic has written previously, this fear and loathing — "fear at the prospect of having to actually consider one's race as not inhabiting the dominant position; loathing for having to realize that they live in a multiracial world, and that they have effectively become 'othered'" — helps support mistrust and perpetuate societal racial inequality.




The Census Bureau's data is proof that we are becoming, in terms of demographics, more united and equal. What Americans do with that data remains to be seen.

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Embrace it. It is a beautiful thing. United and equal in an array of colors that blend the palette in beautiful diversity.

[JHan]

1. Hence the fear among certain white demographics..

The coded language of "we need to take our country back" says everything.

[sheshe2]

3. Yes, JHan.

They want to be white again. It is out of their control. America is moving forward with or without them. That is a fact.

[BigMin28]

6. Deep down

That certain demographic is afraid they will be treated they way they have treated others all these years.

[Foggyhill]

7. We're all the same, there are more diff between a random person than between races.

Skin color is the dumbest concept ever.

[brer cat]

8. Embrace it, yes!

Those who fear it will never know the joy of living in a diverse society.

[sheshe2]

9. Yes brer.

Look at what they will lose. Look again what we gain.

[Starry Messenger]

11. Can't wait.

I hit peak whiny whiteness this year, and I'm sick of it.

[ZombieHorde]

12. Bwahaha! nt

[fleabiscuit]

14. Well, I don't think this old white(ish) fart will make it that far so...

Your Welcome!

[rusty quoin]

15. When it happens in America, we will become more human.

Toss aside hundreds of years of racism, and finally we can deal with climate change, the biggest human problem. Of course I hope it doesn't take that long.