The Fear That Is Shaping American Politics

… Richard Alba, a sociologist at the City University of New York, and other experts have argued that predictions of a white minority in a little over 20 years have created a false narrative because it fails to account for the numerous second- and third-generation children of interethnic and interracial marriages, many of whom see themselves (and are seen by others) as white.

False or not, the white minority prediction has become a dominant political narrative — particularly insofar as Republicans exploit this characterization — and in the process this framing has become a central element in the worldview of many conservative whites.

How does the expectation of a majority-minority America affect the thinking of white Americans? CONTINUED

Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times


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  1. Bruce Harrison Barr says:

    I guess being ruled by a culture that never developed a written language or a culture that had never developed an advanced civilization and received their language from Spain and who come here poor, ignorant and uneducated is a good thing for advancement! Supremacy is a measurable thing. What race has advanced civilization and technology the most!

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