Census: Fewer white babies being born
By Stephanie Siek and Joe Sterling, CNN
(CNN)– U.S. minorities now represent more than half of America's population under the age of 1, the Census Bureau said, a historic demographic milestone with profound political, economic and social implications.
The bureau - defining a minority as anyone who is not "single race white" and "not Hispanic" - released estimates on Thursday showing that 50.4% of children younger than 1 were minorities as of July 1, 2011, up from 49.5% from the 2010 Census taken in April 2010.
"2011 is the first time the population of infants under age 1 is majority minority," said Robert Bernstein, a Census Bureau spokesman.
The latest statistics - which also count the national population younger than 5 as 49.7% minority in 2011, an increase from 49% in 2010 - portend a future of a more racially diverse America, with new and growing populations playing more important roles politically and economically in years to come, analysts say.
Like other analysts, Kenneth M. Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey Institute and professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire, isn't surprised at the trend.
"We've known it was going to come, but the question was what year the "crossover point" would happen, he said.
"Little children are in the vanguard of all this change coming to America." he said.
Johnson sees the trend as an opportunity for more Americans to embrace diversity. More children are going to be exposed to a more diverse group of classmates, and that will affect attitudes and outlook.
The changes are going to be felt first in hospitals, as well as schools, where an increasingly diverse child population has to be absorbed. Hospitals would need interpreters and translators, for example, Johnson said. English as a second language would be an educational priority.
While many regions such as Atlanta have a diverse population, other regions lack racial and ethnic variety and will have to deal with a new kind of population, he said. In declining rural counties, he said, an influx of groups like Hispanics would serve to renew communities and changes would ensue.
"For a country that's aging, we need young workers, and the growth of the minority population will contribute to the size of the young adult workforce," he said. "This is breathing new life into the United States."
Jeff Passell, senior demographer at the Pew Hispanic Center, called the Census numbers "a cumulative effect of 35 to 40 years of immigration" bringing large numbers of Latinos, Asians and other immigrants into the United States.
He said the Hispanic population in particular is very young, much more concentrated in child-bearing years, and has a higher fertility rate than the white, non-Hispanic population. Lately, he says, there are a lot more births among native Hispanics in the United States than new Hispanic immigrants, a "cumulative effect" of immigration.
If the trend continues, Passell says several decades from now, possibly in the late 2030s or early 2040s, the U.S. population will become less than 50% non-Hispanic white.
"This is a trend that we can reasonably expect to continue. The factors that determine this have been set into motion, and in demography things tend to change gradually," he said.
There were 114 million minorities in 2011, or 36.6% of the U.S. population, a bump of half a percentage point from 2010. The latest figures count Hispanics as the most populous and fastest growing minority group.
They numbered 52 million in 2011, and their population grew by 3.1% since 2010. The U.S. Hispanic population grew from 16.3% in 2010 to 16.7% in 2011.
"California had the largest Hispanic population of any state on July 1, 2011 (14.4 million), as well as the largest numeric increase within the Hispanic population since April 1, 2010, (346,000)," the Census said.
"New Mexico had the highest percentage of Hispanics at 46.7%. Los Angeles had the largest Hispanic population of any county (4.8 million) in 2011 and the largest numeric increase since 2010 (73,000). Starr County - on the Mexican border in Texas - had the highest share of Hispanics (95.6 percent)."
Asians numbered 18.2 million nationally in 2011, making them the second fastest-growing minority group - up by 3% since 2010. Figures show that California had the largest Asian population of any state at 5.8 million and the largest increase since 2010 at 131,000.
"Hawaii is our nation's only majority-Asian state, with people of this group comprising 57.1% of the total population. Los Angeles had the largest Asian population of any county (1.6 million) in 2011, and also the largest numeric increase (16,000) since 2010. At 61.2%, Honolulu had the highest percentage of Asians in the nation," the Census said.
African-Americans are the second largest minority group in the United States at 43.9 million in 2011, an increase of 1.6% from 2010. New York has the largest black population of any state with 3.7 million and Texas has the largest increase from 2010 of 84,000. Cook County, Illinois, which includes Chicago, has the largest black population of any county at 1.3 million. Fulton County, Georgia, which includes Atlanta, has the largest increase since 2010 at 13,000.
The District of Columbia has the highest percentage of blacks at 52.2%. Mississippi has the second-largest at 38%.
America's native population - labeled "American Indian and Alaska Native population" by the Census - was about 6.3 million in 2011, up 2.1% from 2010. California had the largest such population at 1,050,000 and the largest increase at 23,000. Alaska had the highest share at 19%. Los Angeles had the largest such population of any county, with 231,000, and the largest increase, 9,000 since 2010.
The population classified as "Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander" was 1.4 million in 2011, up 2.9% since 2010. Hawaii had the largest such population of any state at 359,000 and the highest percentage at 26.1. California had the largest increase since 2010 at 9,000. Honolulu has the largest population of any county at 235,000. Los Angeles County had the largest increase since 2011 at 2,700.
Of single race non-Hispanic whites, California had the largest population at 15 million. Texas had the largest increase since 2010 at 80,000. Maine had the highest percentage of the non-Hispanic white alone population, 94.3 percent.
Four states and the District of Columbia have predominantly minority populations, Hawaii, at 77%, the District of Columbia at 64.7%, California, at 60.3%, New Mexico, at 59.8%, and Texas, at 55.2%. Minorities comprised the majority population in 11% of the nation's 3,143 counties.
Michael White, professor of sociology at Brown University, said the rise of minorities fits into a longer-term evolution of the U.S. population, a mosaic that has been adapting to ethnic change since the first Census was recorded in 1790. There have been many groups represented over time, from enslaved and indigenous peoples, those of European stock, and now to a population reflecting the wider world - truly a "melting pot," he said.
White says it's hard to say how the changes will affect politics and that one can't assume that ethnic patterns will determine voting patterns. Local economic issues, for example, will evolve differently in different states and cities, and there are economic benefits of having a younger population, he said.
"The political dimensions will play out differently," he said. And by the time the babies are old enough to cast ballots, "the United States will be a different place when they are walking into a voting booth."
William Frey, Brookings Institution demographer, sees political challenges for new immigrants and an economy benefiting from their presence. Many Hispanics and Asians are too young to vote or can't cast ballots because they haven't become citizens.
"It's going to take perhaps awhile before the younger people get more engaged in politics. They do have an impact in some places, like swing states, such as Nevada, Colorado and Florida. They can make a difference," he said.
He, too, says that newcomers to the United States bring an energy that invigorates the economic system and an older society.
"I think we're going to just see that the younger part of the population will have a different vibe," he said. "They are sort of needed to help our youthful image and to add to that vitality. They will bring a dimension and element we sorely need."
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It is more acceptable to marry out of your race. Mixed race couple produce mixed race kids, Get with the times!!!!
What does marrying outside of race have to do with this? I'm talking about those who keep reproducing while I pay for it, married (usually not) has no bearing on it. Mixed race issues come with the welfare territory.
You mean, like we paid for you...and we *did* pay for you...when you were a kid? And like these kids will pay for you...and they *will* pay for you...when you get old?
We're all in this together. And, if you ever took the time to calculate how much *you* get that's paid for by others (particularly when compared to what you pay for), you'd realize that you've just been being petty.
We are ALL members of the human race. All the other differences are mere variations.
We've actually allowed this to happen in the U.S., and that is what makes me angry more than anything. We decided to make it easy for generations of lazy people to collect food stamps, then it became full rent and utility payments, then we added daycare, cable, cell phones, and even taxi vouchers in some cities! We made it profitable for them to have more children that they could not support – giving them actual incentives to be causing more financial havoc on the taxpayer budget. Every once in a while you'll see a story make headlines and the government pounces on it, promising reform – the truth is, we're a country that reacts and does not draw a firm line and stick to principles. It's worse than ever with Obama in office.
I don't know whether or not you went to college but if you had gone you would know that the US governmental structure requires that there be a group of people that rely on government assistance so that the government can control them, therefore making it much harder for low income persons to attain a better quality education, jobs and health care. To say that people are lazy because they rely on government assistance shows your ignorance. You are basing your opinion on false stereotypes. Please do the country a favor and educate yourself.
Requires? You don't seem to even realize the inception of these "programs" that you refer to. I've read your post (although it makes no sense and is poorly written) and it has no bearing on this discussion. Take a basic high school government class to find out the origin of how close the votes were to the concept of Social Security and other programs never existing. Do the homework, kiddo. You'll learn something that's worth posting. (Take a typing course while you're at it.)
Sorry, Kay... you don't get it. My parents and every generation of my family before that paid taxes – I now pay taxes. There's been no free ride for me or my family, as opposed to the welfare recipients who receive "benefits" for twenty or thirty years. (I hope this helps you to think it through – I can do the math for you, if you want.)
We *ALL* pay taxes. Even welfare recipients. Why don't *you* understand that??
Oh...and you want some "math"? The average stay on welfare is 3 years. Over 90% of recipients are off welfare in less than 5 years. And the average number of children? It's 2. (Oh gee, darn. So much for "pumping out babies" to collect more of that "free money".)
I have worked all of my life, have gone to undergraduate and graduate school and took a typing course in high school.
Just wanted to let you know that I have passed your condescending expectations for other comments.
I am also well versed with history.
Therefore, I am well aware of how and why welfare was started in this country and thank God for all of the people who needed it at the time. Are there tears in the system? Of course. In fact, it was the Clinton administration who started making modifications to the welfare program with incentives for people to get off of it.
Statistics may point to certain ethnic groups that are on government aid, but most certainly there are plenty of caucasians that abuse the system as well.
I resent your insinuations that you know everything about this issue when you clearly do not.
Welfare was created to pull people out of the dregs of one of the worst economic times in U.S. history. Historically African Americans and Hispanic Americans have been victimized by things like Jim Crow laws that has slowed the progress of these socioeconomic and ethnic groups. Things are clearly changing.
This caucasian, life time working, middle class woman was thrilled to vote for a President of both African and Caucasian origin. I voted for the smart one. I plan on doing it again and hope that Americans follow suit.
joco–Clinton may have presided over the cuts and proposals of welfare reform, but the actual stipulations that are still in place including that welfare will NEVER pay any money for over 2 children and all mothers must seek employment when Children reach age 6 was the brainchild and authorship of the Majority GOP controlled Congress in 1996–don't get it twisted.
Due to this requirement, for the first time in decades, people were able to break the generational hold of welfare and it was done against a backdrop of protests and anger from the Democratic party AND from the Welfare recipients who were afraid of the crutch they had grown up depending on.
I believe the "free ride" Kay is referring to are all the subsidies from food to electricity and heating, to roads, bridges, public schools and hospitals that help to underwrite all of our lives to such an extent that none of us actually pays outright for a lot of what we use and take for granted and the condescension in discussing a persons typing on a blog or dismissing their post just because YOU disagree with it is pedantic in the extreme. Can you understand THAT?
I seriously doubt the amount you have paid in taxes over the years actually equal the amounts you have benefited from for police, school, hospital, OSHA, Worker's comp, unemployment benefits, roads, electricity, water, sewage, farm subsidies and low cost of food and gas, traffic lights, social security or other services the government will or has provided to you or your family. I have also always paid taxes and my taxes are over 100K each year, and after calculating the cost to bring power to a property that is even 500 feet from the road and knowing how the government underwrites most things, even I don't believe I have "Paid" for all the things I benefit from when I pay taxes–also consider the bargaining and negotiating buying power of the US –which is based on our standing as a global power which in turn is based on our GNP and GDP–and you begin to realize that if you had to provide EACH of these services on your own, continually year after year–you could NEVER EVER afford them. The road repairs and clearing each year alone (just to your residence and whereever you choose to drive) would be more than most of us make in a decade.
Kay, I would really like to know what sources you refer to with the "average" welfare recipient only collecting for a few years. I just can't believe that. Also, the taxes that these welfare recipients pay are fully refunded to them, because they "qualify" for so many of the deductions for low income – they literally not only get the taxes refunded but then also get a hefty refund on top of that – thousands of dollars, in fact. I have a close friend who works for one of the social welfare departments as a senior administrator and it makes her sick to see the abuse of the system, but her job is to offer what the law allows. Unless you can tell me where you are getting your information, I consider it to be nothing but pointless verbiage. I've gotta call 'em as I see 'em.
you do know there is a 5 year maximum for life on welfare. its not even called welfare anymore its temporary assistance
Fed Up ... nice to see you on this message board Miss Palin
I must have a kindred spirit with Fed Up too...
Less than 4 million people nation wide of ALL races is on full welfare and according to the stats 75% of those are WHITE and have always been white. Less than 14 million people receive food stamps and medicaid–and that is not even 10% of all Americans. about 25% of blacks are in poverty vs 15% of whites and 38% of Hispanics. In real numbers, that is about 10 million blacks, 20 million Hispanics and 27 million whites on food stamps and medicaid which is not considered welfare but actually are an arm of poverty.
White people get food stamps too. And by the way, the single biggest increase in food stamp spending came under W.
"...the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition service month-by-month figures going back to January 2001 show that under President George W. Bush the number of recipients rose by nearly 14.7 million. Nothing before comes close to that. And under Obama, the increase so far has been 14.2 million. To be exact, the program has so far grown by 444,574 fewer recipients during Obama's time in office than during Bush's."
Bush proposed tighter guidelines for responsibility, but the Dems voted it down. They like their poor voters happy and comfy on my tax dollars.
President George 'Disaster' Bush. Yup. History will come to judge him and his presidency harshly, if not to condemn him outright. None of this surprised me. Six oil companies driven into bankruptcy, that was his history. What else would he do with the country but spend us into bankruptcy?
Looks like the U.S. is going down the toilet even faster than I thought it would! 15-20 years to "banana republic" status.
jim crow?
Totally agree. Thank the bankers and financial elite for their desire for a never-ending supply of cheap labor. I hope it was worth it.
hehehe, poor jim...if you don't like the usa, move to russia. love it or leave it, sweetheart.
ps, hope you leave it! goodbye : )
To hell with all you folks and your 'love it or leave it' advice. I say we change what's wrong and improve America. Then, if YOU don't like it, YOU can leave. 😉 How does that elevate your marine transport vehicle?
How in the world did this become an anti-Semitic thread? Jews work hard, and they OWN not owe, unlike the welfare recipients that also keep being mentioned.
Oh, come on. Don't *you* stereotype. Make-believe like "Jews own, not owe" does not help anyone. Jews are human beings, just like everyone else. Some work hard. Some don't. And some own...while some owe.
As an aside 11% of Jews are below the poverty line in the US. Do you seriously expect us to believe that none of them collect welfare?
You couldn't pay me enough to live in Atlanta proper. Dark and dirty.And, I'd love to see the SOURCE of the post concerning welfare recipients – sorry, I just don't believe those numbers.
I doubt if Atlanteans miss your presence at all–as for sources for welfare–google them–then look at the actual numbers and divide by the total number of recipients.
My neighbor's kid's are not mine but i pay for their education !
Kids. Not kid's. You want your neighbor's kids to learn how to pluralize words correctly, don't you?
Not really. Why don't you shell out the doe, on behalf of me "Octa" mom.
Too bad you didn't take advantage of the education that your neighbors "paid for" when you were young. You would have learned when to use the possessive "s" versus the plural "s".
Blame the education system !
the more kids they have the more food stamps they get
Just like *your* neighbors paid for yours. What's your point?
Nope, i went to a private school without asking for alms from any of you.
Did anyone ever think that the REASON why minorities represent more of the population because many of our kids are "mixed"?? My son is 1/16th filipino, but he is still concidered a minority since he is not "100% white". Hilarious.
I'm 3/32 Mescalero Apache, and the census and every form I've filled out requires that I am Caucasian.
Those kids need to learn the "kamehameha"
Why is it racist to state the fact that the races are significantly and measurably different? Genetically, and culturally.
genetically, you are closer to a random African than two random Africans are to each other. There is more genetic diversity between Africans than between Donald trump and a random African.
Agreed- It's a proven fact that there is more diversity within races than between races. Between races the differences tend to be superficial.
The best thing for White America to do starting right now is to push education so the children/babies of today and tomorrow will be great leaders, inventors, protectors, builders, caretakers for tomorrow. Else, if they keep the same plan of greed and divesting and poverty seeding the result will be unkind. Tomorrow can only bright if is right for all.
Great comment.
They are 13 % of the U.S. population, but 50% of the prison population. Lazy people would attribute this their inherent evil, and not the real culprit of structural oppression that they face everyday.
When whites make up 13% of the population, i hope our fate isn't the same. According to whitie in the Plessy vs Ferguson verdict, we hypothetically should be fine with it.
As one of the few remaining industrialized nations to not acknowledge crimes against its indigenous peoples, I would say the one condition to your hypothesis is TRUTH. If we as a nation will be truthful about our past, we will be OK. If not...
Do you happen to have the statistics relating to "white collar" crime???
@Hema
So only white people are racist? That seems like a very racist statement to me.
The REAL question is: why does it even matter? There shouldn't even BE minorities or majorities anymore. This is the 21st century... we are all just people. That is what the problem with this country is. Just let it go.
It matters because statically most non-white countries are It 3rd world.
the problem is static? you might have accidentally stumbled on something quasi salient.
There are lies damn lies and statistics. the census numbers a parameters
Notice the higher populations are border states.
Americans pay their fair taxes and do not need anchor babies to be allowed to stay here legally.
Why cant people come here for a better future? Who's land is this anyway. Before man put down borders people could come and go wherever they wanted. Who are you to deny them their own land as well as ours? God gave land to all humans.
All the result of a government policy pushed through by that alcoholic Teddy Kennedy and his sweeping changes to American immigration policy.
Let’s not forget Reagan’s amnesty.
That's American Kharma: what goes around, comes around in this country. The best thing you can do for you future generation is to be on your best behavior in your lifetime by treating others how you want to be treated. Represent!!
Is that some sort of threat?
Wow, well that was a pretty racist comment Hema. And before you follow up with some " You think that because you are white" comment, I'm half hispanic. Hypocracy is not helping to end racism. Why not accept people of all colors as equal citizens of the world? Pretty soon we will all be the same color anyways.
You mean filtering IN...
Great, now can we get the Minorities to actually pay their "fair share" towards costs of the USA, and to stop raising their children off rest of our backs (stop living on welfare). The USA is finished / destroyed because of this. Most minorities don't pay income taxes to support our Federal Govern, instead are parasites whether on at least some welfare, or govern. jobs. So USA will end up bankrupt.
High Five on that one! White people act like they are the only ones that AREN'T on welfare and the only ones who pays taxes..
What about the white imbred's breeding like dogs ?
I think it's hilarious! We've got the same people in Congress who spend billions feeding Pakistan, North Korea, Haiti and every place else but won't secure the borders here! This will cost because soon this country will be known as The United States Of Jose.
You get a high five too! Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Everything eventually gets back to the beginning..
@Not so fast
Learn your history. It was the Spanish who did most of the conquering lol. But let me guess.. they are a little too close to white for you.
I've been reading some of these comments and this entire message board is the the most ignorant, fanatical, stupid to the point of funny, conversation ever. If you can't realize that then.......
I'm a teacher at a predominately black elementary school and I can attest to the fact that the black children are not suffering from a lack of educational opportunities. We teachers get a bad rap for not doing our jobs well, and sometimes it's warranted, but for the most part it's not fair because we're responsible for teaching kids who simply don't care. Their problems are centered in their own homes where their parents are teaching them that white people are not to be trusted and they don't need an education because the government will take care of them. Their children do and say horrible things on a daily basis and when I call their parents it's always the same thing: they could care less and are angry to be bothered by a white person. I was a naive to all these issues before I started teaching in the black community but now I'm absolutely certain that their problems originate in their own homes.
yeah... a black man did not invent the peanut, George Washington Carver, whom I assume you are referencing, encouraged poor southern farmers to grow the crop because it was nutritionally beneficial. The plant has been around for centuries. Though I think the fact that politians bring up the issue of race is a pathetic attempt to preoccupy the public with minor disputes, and draw attention away from the real issues at hand.
More sensationalist garbage. White babies are NOT a minority unless stacked against every non-white baby combined. If you stack white babies vs black babies or hispanic babies or asian babies, white babies are by far the majority.
Jess is right! Jess is so dang smart he/she can count all the way to potato. That's right, don't mess with Jess unless you have a black belt in counting to potato yourself. 😉
In this country, perhaps. Worldwide however, white is the minority race. I don't know why it even matters....slow news day or media trying to instigate racial tensions yet again.
oh yeah,i am sure that you and/or your family members were directly involved in the creation of the afore-mentioned technologies.
and i'm im gonna thank some recent immigrant from latvia for what thomas jefferson or henry ford did. with that kind of logic,you might as well thank the spanish for creating electricity because they "discovered" the new world
Planned parenthood. You won't find the Muslims doing this, I guarantee. Like the Mormons, they believe the more children you have, the more you please God.
What about Catholics??? They don't believe in birth control and they're mostly white. So your misguided point was what?
30% of women obtaining abortions identify as catholic in the U.S.
Technically the old testament says to be fruitful and multiply, this means you. Of course, it also says that god doesn't want crippled, the blind, sick or impure in his house or making offerings, and to abandon people who had coitus on their wives period. And stone them if they were shaking up on her period.
Focus on the good if one leads their life by the bible, or at least consult a Rabbi from time to time on matters of the old testament. The stories are allegoric more often than not, and literal interpretations will make for conflicting faith.
Oh sweet historical justice. And it only took a few hundred years.
i know right? lol
I love them aint nothin like em lol
If everyone is here legally can read write and speak english good enough to get by in day to day life works hard treats evryone else good i dont care who is a majority or minority. I just really dont care
Europe doesnt have the natural resources to self sustain.
Does this take into account the Duggar family?
The article remains me of Nazi Germany, not that I was there, but just some of the tools they used to planet seeds of racism discourse.
I grew up in a town that was all white. The only black girl was the daughter of a football player. I received a great education, there was no crime whatsoever, and the place was picture perfect. Unfortunately, I moved out when I became an adult and moved to a town close by, where all the whites would go shop and dine, but everyone who lived there was a minority. Hispanics, Blacks and Asians. I was the only white person on my floor. The police were always breaking up fights, some of my stuff was even stolen by my black neighbor, who I was nothing but cordial to. I would always hear my neighbors talking about how they don't want to get jobs because they would rather collect welfare checks. I hated my town growing up because it was so bland, but I can't wait to move back! My experience in such polar opposite environments can only allow me to draw the conclusion that this new statistic, if accurate, marks the beginning of a decline in civilization in America.
That's religion not race. They're Mexican/Hispanic you say and having large numbers of children. Then they are good practiciing catholics. If you're going to be a bigot at least get some of the facts straight.
fekt,persecution of catholics was common in america. have you ever seen a catholic president? one..kennedy..he was assasinated. there was a time in the south when mexicans and hispanics were "not allowed" ..
protestants vs catholics..that war goes way back. theres actually a law in england prohibiting a catholic from ever becoming king .historians say that the modern world can be traced back mainly to "underclared" anglo-spanish war.
if spain would have won,which they almost did,america,and europe,and england..and the world would be a drastically different place. many linguists theorize that the only remaining languages on earth in 100 years would be english,spanish,and mandarin
England also accomplished some of its war aims: it had successfully defended its Protestant revolution; it maintained control of Ireland; by supporting the Protestant Dutch, albeit with limited forces and very little success, and by the diversion of substantial Spanish resources, it had played a part in averting a complete Spanish reconquest of the Netherlands (seen as a threat); and by supporting Henry IV, had ensured that France would remain friendly.
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This is ridiculous, are you so naive and narrow minded that you would believe you can judge an entire RACE based on a few experiences? You ma'am, are a large part of what is wrong with the world.
I also grew up in a very small town with very few minorities, I then joined the military and now my life could very well depend on a black person or a hispanic person, it doesnt matter to me what race they are, they are brothers that bleed the same as me or you. You, are a racist bigot and it makes me sick to think my brothers would give their lives to protect you!
I would be proud to call you 'son'. Thank you for your sanity.
Kennedy was assassinated because he was trying to fight against racism.
maybe you should quit your job at Jack in the Box and move to a place where its all poor white people, you'll hear, smell and lose the same things only the local "hole in the wall" mexican restaurant won't be as good because it will be called Taco Bell. You are confusing socio economic problems with race. Color does not make you a superior or inferior citizen. I can't believe people are still stupid on this issue.
Yeah, we should ALL have that mindset based on YOUR personal experience...... pfffth
Anyone who thinks we have a shortage of white babies needs to go a a tea party rally. It's all a bunch of white babies.
Hillarious
And no I cant spell.
That was hilarious, Rog. And, so, so true. Important here, we need to remember we are ALL apart of this great nation, even when we disagree.
Stupid articles, get stiupid people upset. WHo cares what color anyone is. Skin color is such a minute piece of DNA it's not worth discussing, who cares. Now remember to wear hats and use sunscreen this summer.
It would be interesting to see how many of these non white kids births were paid for by medicaid.
@adam
Get a CLUE! Millions of WHITE people use Medicaid AND other safety net programs. The white race in America isn't the perfect, prosperous, law-abiding group YOU think it is. Take your head out of your nether region, and observe the real America.
lol... Such anger! i didn't say that white people don't use safety net programs. The problem is that to many people have grow to expect on these programs.
Best thing whites can do at this point is pull the plug on this already dying nation, cause if you keep on this track, well you're extinct... so it's lose lose.
No you should just accept the fact that Hispanics are eventually going to run things so I would up on my Spanish if we're you...tequila!!!
Damn, you just got tequilad!!!!!!! And your personal prejudice keeps you from enjoying it. sad
I ain't pulling the plug on my country.
We will all be dead within the next 100 yrs or less. Other people will replace us, in one way or another. If you're blood pressure is rising because of this article, you are a tool. Enjoy what little life you have left.
Regardless of our color, whether we smoke, or our weight; NOBODY IS GETTING OUT OF THIS ALIVE! Live life to the fullest and enjoy yourself.
Who can afford children unless you are a preferred minority and are being heavily subsidized by the anti-white federal government?
Problem is: we don't need athletes, we need engineers and scientists.
Unfortunately, just because we need something doesn't mean we will get it. I was currently in Chem 2, JUST Chem 2 mind you. We started with 26 students first day of class. 7 took the final.
more engineers and scientists, that are not cheating their way or buying their degrees without learning. This country is falling apart because everyone is cheating and buying their way into authority and power in all sectors.
True video, they're succeeding too
Are you in any real position to determine what is or isn't reality? You're at least one flew over.
I think it is more that predominantly white countries are the most successful. Therefore, everyone wants to move there.
Would be a little odd if all predominantly white countries governments, were run by whites who hated their own race. Not impossible I suppose, just unlikely.
Catchy tune.
You act surprised, most media in this country is Jewish, they love to celebrate this kind of thing.
what do you like to celebrate, a white Christmas?
Leftists have achieved their ultimate goal, the death of the white race
i thought that was the mexicans goal? keep to the correct talking points
People are people.
It would be nice if we all can be referred to just as Americans, but sadly color plays a role universally. Even between people with the same color they look down upon with someone who just looks different; fat, skinny, buck tooth, red neck, etc...
Those are just excuses. The only reason blacks are behind whites economically and in terms of education, is because of their victim mentality and poor work ethic.
you're right, look at all other minorities... Asians, Hispanics, and Middle Easterners have made their American Dreams come true while a lot of blacks still live on hand out of the government in the projects.
That's very naive. You really haven't thought it through. Blacks have had a long and painful history that has kept them down. Our country should be ashamed of it. People cannot prosper when they are denied equal opportunities – the culmination of years and years of being sent to worse schools, having less acceptance in society and in the work place has to be fully accounted for and understood. (For point of reference I'm white and I'm gay.)
The ironic thing is if this happened to Jews, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, there'd be a massive outcry and uproar. Shows the hypocrisy of the leftists....
People are actually pretty upset with what happened to all of those groups. Ever hear of outrage over the holocaust, or, I don't know, abolitionists?
By the way, bri, you're only part of the right wing in that you vote against your own interests to benefit them. There's no way a simpleton like you has any political power what so ever.
Political power is meaningless nowadays, it will come to the gun again, i'll see you there.
it's meaningless in that the white plutocracy actually control everything, and even mitt romney works for people like grover norquist. But that's not what you meant, rite?
the world isn't coming to the end, and your guns aren't going to be your salvation. I have guns too, got a merit badge and everything
It's more proof, anti-racists are actually anti-white
do secure white people really crave some idiot white pride affirmation? Not being a bigot doesn't render one anti-anything
I like how you said "if" as if real terrible things happened to you, and "hypothetically" people would be outraged "if" something bad happened to them. if.
"if" genocide happened to jews, and native americans, people would be upset. where is the outrage for Bribarian's holocaust?
This dude said "if." If! damn, is history hell bent on repeating itself through this naive poster?
That's my point, everyone else is looked at as a race worthy of holding onto, yet whites get displaced in their own nations and it's tea time.
Brib...Did you NOT know that his is not a White land? Whites killed for it and stole it from Indians. So how can you stake a claim to anything?
only poor whities cry poor whitie, because they feel powerless. When terrorists hit the rich white mans towers, he brought the hammer down world wide.
I think we'll actually see an even more rapid decrease in white babies since nobody is gonna want their child living in a third world dump...
Looks like the Jews/liberals have succeeded in their agenda, well done. You've destroyed the european race.
Nobody destroyed any "european race" just a bunch of you rednecks got so lazy and stupid that you're re3ady to be plowed under as fertilizer.
Leftists celebrating their victory and murder of whites.
Bri guy, what's a leftist? have you ever researched this? Shawn Hannity is not an expert.
Do you like passionate speeches and uniforms? Are you anti handicapped?
The problem with your statement is that we are actually not even in Europe...
"Post-racial world"? Right...all these lovely comments confirm that hands down.
Thats because theres no special interest groups for white people.
You can have black pride, jewish pride, latino pride, chicano pride, asian pride
But If youre proud to be white youre a racist.
White people are demonized in every sort of media
for example Look at the Trayvon martin case where Zimmerman is portrayed as a WHITE hispanic what the hell
Whens the last time you heard of a white person or a hispanic named zimmerman?
Jews were reclassified as white after WWII. Everyday is white people day. only in america can bourgeois white people think the biggest racial problem we face today is actually reverse racism. poor whitie
They should just call Zimmerman a Jewspanic.
and hiphop culture..hiphop culture embraces european fashion and car design and beverages such as wine. get over it.
one of the most powerful things about the romans were that they were able to assimilate the values cultures and traditions of the land they conquered , as easily as they were able to force their culture and traditions amongst others..
Whites are already a worldwide minority, now that they're losing majority in their own nations, whites will now be extinct. Well done l1btards.
"Their" own nation? you strike me as the type person who would ask an Asian American where they are from, hear Cleveland, then ask where they're really from, but would get upset yourself if asked where you're really from, because it's "America of Course!"
technically americans europeans africans and latinos are the minorities compared to the asians
"It is better to have people think you a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."... I'm sorry but the level of ignorance on this webpage is (for lack of a better word) "dumbfounding"... You people blaming minorities for your problems... Thats like blaming the ocean when there is no rain... Nature has a way of exterminated different animal and plant species... if they do not evolve... Why should humans be any different? Maybe before too many millenia have past the 5 races are going to be one race, one people... Who knows??? one thing I do know is that old time thinking is dying out sooner than later.
Every white family should have atleast 4 kids to sustain future generations....white women should focus more on family then dollars...
You'll be happy to pay for mine? I'll send you the bills,....ALL of them. I'll be a good American and not ever need the government's help to even make sure they're educated properly. I know those private schools are great. Oh, and by the way, my youngest needs braces and glasses too.
Iceland is still the whitest country.
Actually, not true. There are only just over 300,000 Icelanders. There are 4 million tourists and there are thousands upon thousands of illegal Vietnamese immigrants. They simply aren't counted in the population demographics.
Can we have a White History Month, please..!
Give me a break, that's every day.
Not. I work on an EEO committee. I see whites turned down for being white. Isn't that discrimination?
Really?
2000 years and counting isn't enough for you?
Oh here we go with another whah whah whah about having to learn maybe five things for one month about another culture. Boo hoo!!!
Can we have a White History Month now?
Majority minority. Dear lord. When is anybody gonna get this right? There is no "majority minority". That just sounds stupid. How about minority as defined by white, non black, non asian, non hispanic, non slavic, non anything other than white. Whites have been moving towards minority status for years. IF YOU ARE IN THE MINORITY, YOU ARE NOT IN THE MAJORITY. This article and the way it's written is a testament to the dumbing down of America as a whole. Idiots.
Why have white women started to produce less children .....
They aren't. They are producing less white children.
cuz they're marrying non white men
Perhaps welfare reform played at least a small part. (Whites have always been the largest number of welfare recipients.)
Take a look at the ratio of whites on welfare in the US to the total white population then blacks.
Stop treating women like baby machines, for one.
I hate that woman are expected to take care of every person in the family. The biggest child of all is usually your own partner. God forbid they get a cold.. And, women don't even dare to get sick 'cause their partners don't want to be bothered. Who needs to be treated that way. I know that there are exceptions to this in some cases but, not enough. If you want to know why women are P.O'd, start with this one.
Hey, remember when white was the minority and Native American was the majority?
shhhh...you are spoiling the racial paranoia sentiments...CNN has now mastered how to write its history to pull back viewers lost to FAUX NEWS during the FAKE WMD WAR in Iraq....this story will soon be featured in a neo-naaazi website...
I might be movin' to Montana soon
Just to raise me up a crop of Dental Floss Raisin' it up
Waxen it down
In a little white box
I can sell uptown
I personally don't care what a person's ethnic background is. If they work hard and have American values then who cares where there ancestors came from. But if they do not have values, that is a different story.
No. But, I read about it somewhere.
It just means more lazy worthless babies are being born or bred or whatever you want to call it.
I bet you're a conservative who watches a lot of fox news. You guys live in your own reality.
You are vile and exactly the reason that I'm glad that whites are becoming a minority, even though I myself am white.
i guess we know who are having all the abortions now it is white women they dont want to take care of thier own kids so they just get rid of them.but one good thing for the white men they are still in power so they keep on having wars to send the dumb blacks and latinos to fight and die so there is an upside to it for the white race,
Not possible...you already took those catagories.
The ultimate fear of whites is being bred out of Nation they love weak genes is the root of racism....http://buildbackwards.blogspot.com/2012/05/is-multiculturalism-really-that-bad.html
So does this mean my kids can now use affirmative action to get into certain schools?? Does it also give a new meaning for "Driving While White"?? Can we now create a White Entertainment TV channel?? Hmmm....
you had affirmative action for 300 years,when the spanish,english,dutch,and french ran everything.
Then its time to create a NAAWP organization. Maybe we can get Al Sharpton to be "white" for a week! LOL
In other words....we ran our own countries. Maybe if "people of color" ran their countries better, they're wouldn't be a need for affirmative action at all.
No bannister, you stole your new countries. Enslaved people to build them and profited from the land. Of course in your deluded mind you leave that part out.
I am Asian but I need to tell ya ll this fact. Whites, although not all, are self disciplined. If they see a trash on the ground they pick it up and throw it on the garbage. If its Asians, Mexicans, Africans, or any other races, they will just add more trash to the ground. So I m concerned being in America that the whites that made this country great are dwindling and becoming minorities...therefore i m concerned about the state of this country.
God bless righteous, truthful, and the self disciplined nobles.
this is not a fact.
I can tell you that most of the asians i know in my upper-level college courses cheat their way to diplomas,and the professors never consider it because of a) bias b) ignorance.same deal with lots of the euros. cheat cheat cheat.exams,projects..everything.
it is disgusting, this behavior. tbh ,the people that i see cheat the least are blacks and hispanics. we already know everyone is watching us. guilty until proven innocent,while everyone else gets away with the crimes.
its like government. but in the end, the truth and knowledge is the seed and the plant will grow.
Sorry i meant this http://buildbackwards.blogspot.com/2012/04/race-riots-black-wealth-and-gap-band.html
so you're saying that those Asians were sneaky enough to cheat on their SAT test, CPA test, and how about all those Asians who work in the IT industry? Just because you know or heard of few Asians cheating doesn't make it a fact.
so i'm guessing you're either black or hispanic... well the truth is the Asians have proven in schools, work place, and in society compared to blacks and hispanics... all Asians are not smart, but a lot of them are hard working, smart, and aren't in the media like the blacks or the hispanics heavily involved with crime, drugs, or over populating the prison system.
@ DJ, so you fault the sun for stereotyping and generalizing and then proceed to do the same thing with Blacks?
Please read this to give you a better grasp of who you speak.....http://buildbackwards.blogspot.com/2012/04/race-riots-black-wealth-and-gap-band.html.........Or this....http://buildbackwards.blogspot.com/2012/03/new-massa-really.html....
what kind of rock have you been living under???... you are either 1. R etarded or 2. Smart as a bag of rusty nails. You are one scary asian weirdo. Please do your parents a favor and jump off a bridge, you are a disgrace to Asians everywhere.
Let's not have an iota of doubt that America is great because of Whites coupled with substantial contribution from other races....but the environment for those accomplishments was created by Whites.
The whole southern economy was based on slavery for hundreds of years. Its a big part of the reason America was able to grow in to the world power it is today despite the fact that it is significantly younger than other world powers. This country has thrived because of its early economic success and has continued to thrive because of contributions of all of its citizens. To try to minimize the contributions of minorities by taking a myopic view of American history is just plain dumb. You might want to pick up a history book.
Totally supportive of what deep said.....Very true....Asians or others can go and jump anywhere because of your statement...
At least blacks and latinos aren't as bloody dull as Asians.
I don't know how people can afford babies anymore with a price tag of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to raise a baby to age 18 . But recently I saw several 18 near olds trying to do the ROTC thing . A kid is a very expensive play toy and if they end up in jail or you get a divorce its a total nightmare if you get your paycheck tapped for child support . The good old days of having that white picket fence and a Beaver kind of a life is not here anymore so whats the point of having extra problems .
You don't understand. The "people of color" don't pay to raise their babies. The white man does.
funny,because my "coloured" family payed over 40,000 in taxes last year,while i know euros on foodstamps and government aid while driving around in new cars.
Smell that pinky?
Its your decaying sad evil culture.
I feel sad reading some of this mess and thinking that any of you spewing this cancer could be one of my co-workers. Would you say these things to my face or just resent me behind my back?
Whites are devils. Forget them. They will not exist....very soon! lol
Not nice, Dude.
I have nothing against white people in the work place. Do you have something against blacks?
I feel the same way about being gay. All discrimination must stop. Support gay marriage. People who have the right to marry should not be deciding to prevent others from having that same right. I want to commit to the person I love, just like you do.
It will be nice when Whites are also considered a minority. Then perhaps instead of everybody being racists we can all accept we're just people and stop giving a damn about it. We can all be minorities.
It is a great club.
I am hispanic-american ,of european,carribean,and most of all Native American heritage. I can't claim a tribe,but I can claim my DNA and physical appearance.
honestly,its all good. Theres smart people and dumb people everywhere. I know black kids that grew up in the gutter who are getting their masters in math,while kids i know that grew up in million dollar mansions that sell drugs and havent got past high school.I know asian kids that cheat their way through college math and computer science. I know hispanic kids that never cheat ,yet are accused of cheating when they are obviously the most intelligent in the class. NYC is a very interesting place. CUNY produces more minority professionals than any other school in the country.
you're a hispanic mutt basically
So they aren't minorities at this point? correct?
Why can't we all be U.S. Citizens, instead of classifying ourselves by white, black, or hispanic. Only in the U.S. do they attach such labels. Other countries name there citizens from the land where they are formed. China-Chinese, Mexico-Mexicans. The writer of this article, the U.S. Census, and whatever government official that thinks this way is the reason for the creation of racism in this country. As someone mentioned before this country did not start off as pure white and in case you don't know there is no such thing as white. I am German and I am not white I am a German.
BUMP
I dont know about you folks but im starting to get pretty excited about watching WHITE HISTORY MONTH on the history channel...... its gonna be better than shark week !
Brian.. why stop there. I can't wait for the white people to take advantage of affirmative action and minority scolarships to go back to school. I mean it's only fair now that white people are not officially the minority. Please don't take this the wrong way, as I am not a racist, I just believe in a truly equal society where "all men are created equal". This means that there should be no special treatment for ANYONE whether they are rich, poor, black, white, male or female.
oh man we need a representative for white people now. How about Jesse Ventura? GO WHITE PANTHER (fist pump to the ground)
The last 2000 years been white history. Stop being so damn greedy. If you didn't get your fair share of the pie, it wasn't because of blacks, asians, hispanics, affirmative action or whatever. The economic pie and all of its benefits was and still is in your favor. After a 2000 year headstart, if you still haven't gotten your piece of the pie, you have no one to blame but yourelf.
@ Paradise... they're still looking to receive something for nothing like back in the day. They're still wanting that superior status. But what they don't realize and what minorities have known forever is...YOU'RE NOT BETTER THAN ME BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN!
If your skin is white you are white.
Not according to the laws of miscegenation (which are still on the books in most states) you are not.
Incidentally, by law, Iranians, Pakistanis, Indians, Syrians, Egyptians, Turks, Kurds, Middle Easterners, and even coal black Bangledeshis are Caucasian. In fact they are the original caucasians being that these people are actually descended from the original tribes who resided in the Caucus mountains and it is from them that White Europeans (also caucasians) are descended. So are all Caucasians white? Not in skin color.
Whites can not afford to have children. White middle class citizens are too busy working so they can pay the state and local taxes for food stamps, Medicaid, SNAP, WIC, housing assistance, special education and other costs spend on the children of illegal aliens and blacks who think they have the right to be supported by the government.
It is well past time for the US middle class to say enough is enough.
Odd, I'm white, middle class, and I'm not working myself to death to pay taxes or anything.
I don't have children because my wife and I decided that we don't want any. Other than we would likely be terrible parents, we have other passions that we would like to persue, like college, a decent job, nice cars, and more free time to ourselves.
Other passions like spelling? Pursue...he he
I feel you Shane, I work, go to school and own a business. And the only one who paid for my babies was me, myself and I. You wonder what world some of these people live in because iit definitely not the real world.
Texman, What an ignorant comment from an ignorant person, Shut up and keep your bias stupid comments to yourself
An ignorant opinion because it wasn't yours?
The 1944 servicemen's readjustment act was the largest affirmative action program in U.S. history. The program built america's educated middle class, though it was only received by white males.
Red lining also kept people of color out of the suburbs. Learn your class's history, if for the next generation.
You said that already. Got anything new and more intelligent to say?
I'll keep saying it as long as you keep bringing up lazy minorities who drain the system with their affirmative action programs. what I said is extremely i intelligent, and a fact, not some lazy belief system.
Preach it Brotha...
I couldn't have said it better myself Texman. I'm with you buddy as I'm sure most patriots share your sentiment.
...you think you guys are the only true damn "Patroits" out there.
Plenty of African American, Hispanic, Asian, Middle Eastern, and other soldiers around our country protect your "Nugent" style patriotism.
But that's ok...even though I'm white, I'm proud to be a minority soon! Soon you and I will lose the majority rule, and that will be a blessed thing.
Spoken like a true ignorant Texan. The white trash in Texas alone more than makes up for all of the lower class minorities in the country.
In the Appalachian belt, over 90% of the inhabitants are on welfare and over 85% of those are white. Did you forget them? They are also having more babies than avg for white people. White people are becoming sterile–it is not that they work so hard they can't have kids (many try to adopt and end up adopting other nationality babies including black ones) it is that many cannot physically reproduce. Which why there is a baby shortage for white couples –even a shortage from other countries.
Uh so funny story. They actually predicted this to happen in 2010, not 2011. Meaning minority birthrates are growing more slowly than we thought. Also minorities are going to be having children at the same rate as whites by 2020 if current abortion and childlessness rates are to be believed, so the next couple of years we're going to hit a "high water" of minority births and then see non-hispanic whites become a majority of births again.
Also there's the funny fact that five of my cousins are minorities because they are "hispanic and white" on the census. I don't know if something's wrong with my eyes, but they don't really look like mexicans to me. They look pretty.... well European is what I'd call it. 10% of births are to hispanic whites. Meaning that about 60% of births are white.
This whole "spaniards are minorities" thing is kind of stupid, since germans and english and irish are also all minorities if we're taking white people out and singling them out by ethnicity.
I would say that by 2050 America will be whiter than it is now not "more diverse" and "darker".
Interesting point. I am Caucasian and my wife is from Mexico, and my kids both look Caucasian. Many Mexicans have Caucasian genes from the Spanish and French and apparently the gene for skin color is dominant for lighter skin in many cases. Immigration from Mexico has stalled out due to the economy. You may well be right!
Eh, who even knows what's going to be culturally "white" in 2050. I'm "white". But not all of my ancestors were European, there's 5%-ish this and that blended in from 17th century colonial mixing. There are plenty of other "white" people out there who could say the same. And a lot of the kids that the census is counting as minorities are majority "white", sometimes it's hard to dig the truth out of the statistics. The one-droppers can worry about a future as an oppressed minority if they want to but it seems more likely that we're headed toward something like a Brazilian definition of white rather than a marginalization of light skinned people.
yea!!!!! I am white I want the scholarships and jobs. I am now a minority
Work for it. Study hard.
NO I want it free and easy like all the other minorities.
Gee, Joe, then how can you claim you are superior if you stoop to doing what "they" do? You're better. You rule!
There are still far more white people than any other "race" in the US.
Just because the newborns are under 50% you still have to account that the rest of them are split into many different "races".
I do think its time to do away with ethnic scholarships though.
I can't wait to say,"your just saying that because I'm white". Or "if I was Hispanic you would treat me differently".
do you really want to trade you ascribed white privilege for the privilege of saying "this is because I'm white?" oh that's right, this is all just a joke, go forbid you had to think about race all the time instead of when it suits you or it's convenient on the internet.
Micheal White the professor at Brow needs to retire and take a trip to Africa or South America and see what blacks and latinos do to their won populatoin and to whites. Then he will not be praising diversity.
So, what you're saying is we should stoop into the lower levels and become racist? Shows that you are not intelligent. Because intelligent people think for themselves–and raise their standards higher.
Probably not as bad as what the whites did to them to establish themselves there in the first place?
Oh really? With your logic how about the Native Americans? You do realize we invaded their country, took their home, and committed genocide against them. There are only 3 Million Native-Americans worldwide and going extinct because of us.
David, I want you to know that everything you just said is totally wrong and I pity you for your idiocy. It must be difficult living with a disability.
it would appear that David is at least not a manifest destiny denier like some people.
David is wrong in what way, "Everyman" (which, Thank God, you are not)?
A lot of the problems stem from america's interests in Latin America, both in the government and the corporate world. We say we want to spread democracy, but have no trouble trading out a socialist democracy for a fascist pro capitalist dictator of our picking.
keep pumping the babies out and we will continue to pay and take care of them while the minorities have expensive cell phones and pimped out cars you all must be proud
I find your post ironic–especially when you're name is "forreal"89.
You probably believe the poor aren't poor if they have a microwave and a refrigerator.
I look forward to the day when the liberals and the baby boomer hippy professors with Phds are all retired or are ecxtinct. Then the whites can rule the west again and kick out the minorities.
You can't rule the world if you're not smart.
Hate to break it to you, but the Gen-Xers are more liberal than the boomers, and the Millenials more liberal than the Gen-Xers.
Rule the west "again"? Oh my naive little man. it is usually those white's without power who talk of white power
Jack, you are a sad little "man".
Minority and illegal are two tatally different words. So are taxpayer and leech.
I made some changes on my previous post on this subject. Regarding the possible explanations and reasons for the situation/subject of the article. The way I see them, there are about 10 Top Possibilities or reasons. The first and the second are based on facts. One thru eight are based on personal experience and a lot of people I know and have met over the years. Nine thru eleven are intended as a sarcastic satire, an exageration. Nine is something we see in the News almost weekly. Of course the Top Possibility is number twelve. No pun intended!
1- White women abort.
2- White wome use contraceptives.
3- White people are or have become sterile.
4- White people prefer to have pets specially dogs rather than children.
5- White people call their pets, specially dogs; baby.
6- White people prefer luxurys (Ferraris, Mansions, Pools) over children.
7- White people don't love children.
8- White people don't like children.
9- White people are killing their children
10- White people are eating their children due to eating disorders.
11- White people are feeding their children to their dogs.
12- Because all of the above, God's judgement is that white people don't deserve children.
You are an ignorant racist and I'm sure you will pay for your ignorant remarks. You are a poster child for making sterilization mandatory for those that should never be allowed to breed.
Are you making treats Joe?
How brave of you, so mucho macho! 🙂
When you read 1984, who did you side with?
Hispanic females are usually pregnant by age 16. Black men only know how to make babies. Not support emotionally or financially. If they have a bad kid, they don't try to help the kid, they just make another one. They know they don't have to have the means to support their children because they'll just get on the welfare and they pay da bills
.Forgot about that genius.
Reality check!
Your description resembles much of what Jeff Foxworthy calls being a redneck. Hillbillies et al, are in just about the same situation. Fact is, that the percentage of Asians and Hindis in the middle and upper middle class or in better Economical/Educational situation is fast catching-up with whites and may pass them in less than a generation.
That I have to explain ten thru eleven for what they're, bestspeaks to the intelectual level of a few blogers in this tread. That can't even recognize, much less understand in their one-track, narrow minds, pea brains such a satire or exagerations. However facts are that it has happened! Every week we hear in the news, of some white people killing their children. Either before or after their births.
I dont know about you folks but im starting to get pretty excited about watching WHITE HISTORY MONTH on the history channel...... its gonna be better than shark week !
mmm... Admitedlly is a little, just a little exagerated. But all in all, I must have struck a chord of reality! Such is Life or Cest la vie!
watch out Letterman, Salero's on the case.
mmm... erik,
Letterman could probably fall somewhere between possibility 3 and 8. With the wealth he has, he should have had 10 kids whether with one or more women. Of course that would have required of him to sacrify a lof of luxuries, maybe even his dog. But that's my point. So he and the others like him should not resort to throwing tantrums.
Letterman doesn't have kids because he doesn't want to sacrifice luxuries? Does he not have kids?
Your sweet list wasn't germane to anything i had to say at all.
"tonight, the top 12 zaniest explanations for the white wealth gap!" Then stupid human tricks.
White people feed their children to the dogs?
Internet makes you brave, amigo... If you would say it in my face /.. 🙂 well – no one would miss you...
you're funny...
it's funny how to see commercials on tv that endorses stuff for men with ED or women's birth control....their must be a high demand for the white people since they use color and gender to cater to their target audience....
have you seen a contraceptive commercial with a hispanic person? hell no...it's either white or maybe black..
Americans in general work too hard and too long to even think about having kids unlike the Hispanic people or any other fresh of the boat immigrants who pop babies like it's hot.
NAAWP...sign me up!!
Wow, the ignorant comments on here amaze me...
does no one realize that Euro/Whites, in building this country (on the backs of slaves after having wiped out the Native population), justified dehumanizing blacks for 400 years? and even after slavery, continued with the jim crow era and consistently disenfranchised people of color from being full citizens of the US..when those people of color helped to build it??? Whites brought slaves over while at the same time colonized and forced themselves into other nations leaving native peoples of those lands (e.g. mexico, Philippines, Asia, pacific Islands, etc) no choice but to leave, not because they all wanted to leave their home, but because America forced itself in, stole lands and raped them of their resources while at the same time claiming itself to be a nation of "justice" and "opportunity"??
so considering the history of the injustices of whites in building this nation...you honestly think that those people of color today who are in poverty, on welfare, etc..just happen to be that way because of their race or what have you??? it's ridiculous. the reality is, whites got a head start by oppressing all people who weren't a "pure, white race"..to be white is a social construction based on the racist fews towards anyone who wasn't "white".
some of your arguments of whites being a naturally "better" race makes me laugh hysterically.
You know who says "Whites are a better race"
The ones that say it are the one's that doesn't have a Ph.D, discovered a life changing idea, won a Nobel Prize for that idea, impacted the world, and did anything brilliant.
They are people with low self-esteem, complete failures, and because of their failure they have to make themselves feel better by saying "White invented this and that"–which is ironic because they couldn't invent anything In other words, racist become racist in order to cover their inferior complex.
we all know that the Chinese invented everything LMAO
America wouldn't be the economic and military power it is today if wasn't for how the whites built the country. If left to the other nationalities to build it, it would be like any other weak, broken African or Asian country or even worse.
yet to build your wall would undoubted require bracero labor. stop taking credit for white people, you didn't land on the moon or win the big one. you didn't build the infrastructure, you didn't do anything.
You mean "weak" and "broke" like China, the country to which you (and I) owe our shorts? You're simply brilliant!
you mean by using slaves from Africa to harvest the land and migrant workers from Asia to build to rail road? This country was built by immigrants...
Another white idiot who is liberal and wishes he were soemthing other than white. Maybe you should move to Brazil and Mexico and you will have all the diversity and crime you want. If not for the whites the US would be a grassland. FYI look up solutreans they were the whites whites who came here in the ice age before the native crossed the bridge from Asia into Alaska. So please do your research and shut up. I bet you will be happy when the minorities come to rape your wife and shoot you in your crappy brain.
White built America. Blacks and other "people of color" had a VERY MINOR role that was limited to physical labor. But for the most part, white men built America's cities, small towns, highways, power plants, dams, airports, you name it.
Seems like the CNN moderator is asleep at the wheel. I'd expect this type of bigotry from Fox News... not here.
Are there any correlational studies out there between self-confidence and bigotry?
The majority of women getting abortions are white women with two or more children.
Babies are not born racists. It is the adults who perpetrate racism from generation to generation.
Babies become racists.
So, families, stop teaching racism to your kids, NOW.
Racism is counter-productive and imagined. What is important is NOT skin color; the important things are a common culture, a common civilization, common values.
It is inevitable that the US will be more a multiracial and later, mixed-raced society, and it is not important at all to be of a certain ethnicity.
Kids learn racism the first time they are bullied or intimidated by a different race, or witness a violent crime, watch any reality based crime show. Kids are smart they develop their own profile of what a criminal looks like pretty quickly. It is an evolutionary advantage and has served quite well to keep us out of danger.
What a clueless comment. Apparently you don't have any kids.
so let your kid breath the mythical white smog and hope they are well adjusted?
By your logic, Blacks are all racists because for hundreds of years, they have been at the receiving end of slavery, and ML King Jr. is the greatest racist of all, since he's been threatened all his life.
EKIA is spot on. Inner city minorities enforce their stereotypes every day through their irresponsible actions. Live in a city like Detroit or Baltimore like I have and you quickly see the 'ground truth.' Anyone who says otherwise is not being intellectually honest.
ZZZZZZ, anyone who doesn't recognize the white mythical norm, the matrix of domination, and the structural oppression of the white patriarchal system isn't being authentically or academically honest.
Did you really live in Baltimore, or did you watch the wire? They're not fulfilling stereotypes (by the way, one usually sees what they want to confirm) they're displaying internalized oppression brought on in large part because of White people.
I pity your poor children...although, most likely it isn't possible that any living thing was able to survive in such a putrid environment as your uterus.
Racism is not taught. To be racist is our default genetic setting as humans: like all animals we love what is the 'same' as us.
Babies as young as 6 months show awareness of and preference for their own race. Humans are BORN liars and racists and learn to be otherwise through socialization. Think about it: have you ever seen a small children who DIDN'T have to be corrected to share toys or not hit or not ostracize the 'different' one?
Anon, as a student studying genetics I have to say your comment is bull. There is no gene that makes us "more comfortable with those that are similar to us"–that is psychological, mental, and cultural.
Bla Bla Bla...!!! the biggest crap ball I ever heard..
Good grief, anon!! Talk about not getting *any* of this right!
You apparently don't have much experience with kids. Otherwise you'd know that lots and lots of little kids don't want to share with their siblings! Lots of little kids also hit their siblings! You wanna tell us how much closer to the "same as us" those little kids could possibly get than their brother or sister?
But what about babies showing awareness of and preference for their own race? Guess what? You're not even close.
Yes. Studies have shown that...yes...when 3- 6 month olds were shown pictures of people of their same race and a different one, the babies 'preferred' the same race.
But!!! Later studies actually show that babies don't really show a preference of their *own* race...but, rather, the race of the people they're used to seeing!!
Yup. Nothing to do with genetics. Everything to do with who they see all the time!
Newborns? Well, they don't care one way or another.
3 month olds? They prefer the race of their primary caretaker...unless they are regularly exposed to people of different races, and then they show *no* preference!
Turns out this "genetic default setting" you erroneously want to believe exists is actually based on nothing more than the ethnicity of faces viewed within these little ones' visual environment! Oh gee, darn. Turns out they simply respond more positively to what they're used to seeing. And when they're used to seeing multiple ethnicities...they have zero preference.
Really, John? Then what do you make of the studies that recently came out noting babies' preference for faces of their own race?
Everyone is a racist to a certain degree whether you know it or not, unless you're blind.
White people don't breed 'em if we can't feed 'em. Everyone else suckles at the teat of welfare.
the only problem with this premise is the fact that white people are the biggest beneficiaries of welfare and food stamps.
the only problem w/ this premise is the fact that white people are the biggest beneficiaries of welfare and food stamps.
Not proportionally.
So then EKIA, your point agrees with possibilites 1-3!
Watch out Letterman, Salero21 is coming for you.
This is great news. Now that white kids are the minority, they can get scholarships, and admission into colleges they didn't deserve.
Nah, won't apply to whites, because whites will still succeed. We are able to intellectually compete– and excel– other races. Blacks need affirmative action now because they have substantially lower iqs, drive, focus, ambition and morals. The best black minds simply can't compete with the best white and asians minds, simple fact.
can you compete with median black minds? Just with in a Z score, nothing scary. and yes, it's median, not medium.
i wonder where black people got the idea they were less than?
Jason wrote, "Blacks need affirmative action now because they have substantially lower iqs, drive, focus, ambition and morals" -
Sorry you feel that way buddy. However, even with my "lower iq, drive, focus, etc.", I'd rather be a good person towards my fellow man. Let's sit and talk together. Share a meal; get to know one another. You won't hate me if you get to know me and not just biases you hear on the news.
http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/unpacking-privilege-straight.html
If you did not earn a Ph.D, created a new world changing invention, and won the Nobel Prize–you are still worthless.
Goodness,
No wonder there is so much racism if so many think that minorities all receive free things at the great expense of others. It's not true, though. Majority and disproportionate are not the same thing. The majority work very hard for what they have and do not receive assistance.
Your statement is probably true for life in general, but it is certainly not true for college and graduate school admissions. Affirmative action policies result in more scholarship money and easier admissions for students of color than they do for white students of the same academic achievement and ability levels and the same socioeconomic status. Why should a black student growing up poor in the inner city, raised by a single parent who has only a high school (or less than high school) education get a scholarship to attend college, whereas a white student growing up poor in rural America, raised by a single parent who has only a high school (or less than high school) education can't go to college because they are ineligible for these scholarships, thanks to their skin color? Affirmative action is racial discrimination, plain and simple, and it has done a good deal to harm race relations in our country.
What would this country have been like if the federal government did not force states to allow black children to attend public schools or use public restrooms, water foutains, etc? Today, young people only see a small piece of a nasty puzzle and feel as thoughy something is being taken away from them and "given" to people of color. Acts of rectification may indeed seem unfair, but allow for a level playing field.
@John: No, affirmative action **allowed** (past tense) for a level playing field. Race-based affirmative action was highly necessary in the 1960's, but by now, things have had time to balance out. I should also say that I am all for affirmative action based on socioeconomic status; however, economically disadvantaged white kids need a leg up every bit as much as economically disadvantaged black kids do. Both groups experience the same struggles and challenges to their education, and to discriminate between them based on skin color is racism.
@John: As far as "rectification" is concerned, I don't think that taking an eye for an eye "rectifies" anything, especially if you don't take the second eye from the first offender, but rather from another offender of their same race who was born after the crime was committed!
Kate, do you really believe black people should have caught up by now? What about red lining? What about denying them their GI benefits? How do you expect them to catch up to the multigenerational wealth of white people when the viscous cycle never ends?
John, has it never occurred to you that there are quite a lot whites who do not have multigenerational wealth??? If you had read what I wrote, you would have noticed that I was NOT discussing the whites who have wealth as being the ones who need a "leg up." I am not speaking about GI bills; I am speaking of education, and in the educational field, poor whites currently have far MORE disadvantages than poor blacks do because of racist affirmative action policies. Two wrongs do not make a right.
Sorry, I meant to post that reply to Erik, not John. I'm tired and I misread the posts.
No, Kate.
Affirmative action policies DO NOT result in more scholarship money for students of color than they do for white students of the same academic achievement and ability levels and the same socioeconomic status.
And...no...affirmative action policies DO NOT screw over your poor rural white student in regards to getting scholarship money to go to college...and it's totally inappropriate that you should make that claim. Passing on old wives' tales as "fact" can cause harm. Often cause a great deal of harm...particularly when they foster racism.
The fact is, Kate, that white students currently make up less than 66% of the college population, they get over 76% of the scholarship money. Not only that, but white students are 40% more likely to get a scholarship than minority students!
So...would you please explain to us how these facts work with your claim that "students of color" get more scholarship money?? Or explain how your poor rural white student "can't go to college because they are ineligible for these scholarships, thanks to their skin color"?
Please let go of the myths and urban legends, OK?
Kay, please let go of YOUR urban myths and legends. My claims are based not on myths, but on fact. I recently considered applying to Masters' programs, and found that i couldn't afford to go because for a number of programs, the ONLY scholarships that were available were for students of color. My high GRE scores and 4.0 GPA left me ineligible for scholarships because of my skin color. I am sure I am not the only student to have this experience!
Sorry for the double posting... it told me my first comment hadn't gone through.
Also quoted from the same source, based on a statistical analysis of the Baylor data:
"Checking the African-American box on your Baylor Law application is worth $9575/year, all else being equal; Hispanic heritage is worth $7023. In other words, if you were a white with your heart set on a scholarship to Baylor Law, and a magical genie offered you the choice of increasing your LSAT score by 4 points or changing your skin color, you'd be better off financially with the latter option."
Did you know that the guy who wrote those things you quoted assumed multiple things about the data...including something as basic and essential as the group it applied to? And has had to admit that he assumed wrong? Just curious.
Amazing.. I though Nazis were gone...
I bet you are a high school drop out, and now you blame the world for your incompetence..
Are you crazy...............the reason white children's births are declining is that we don't have children we can not afford to feed, clothe and educate. And we normally do not have from 4-10 kids, because it is not someone else's responsibility to provide for them.....like the taxpayers. You are an idiot, proven by your post ugh!.
Remember, it has already been proven there are more white people on welfare than black or latinos.
@Ken. If you were semi-intelligent, you would know that the PROPORTION of blacks and latinos on welfare is much higher than whites. Numbers don't mean anything in these types of analyses. Percentages are what is important.
Candyw1
So Candy then your point squares away perfectly, to the letter with possibility 6. Can you denied the facts of possibilities 1 and 2? Do you find yourself entangled in possibilities 1-8? Is it true or not that 1 and 2 are based on FACTS?
Our nation may have been founded by whites ( after they robbed the Indians ), but it was built by immigrants from all over the world, together, as citizens. This has always been an immigrant nation, and the dilution of majority has been occurring since the beginning.
The United States is mixed cultures...it's a melting pot. I'm whie, and I can't imagine the absolute horror in being surrounded by just one culture, race, perspective. Diversity is not only important to the country's success, it's inevitable, and in 50 years the majority present will be the minority, and in a thousand years, everyone will look the same anyway. Who cares.
Because you're a brainwashed liberal idiot. You think that China should be horrified that they don't have more whites or blacks? or how about India, should they be more diverse? Only white people have built and are able to maintain first-world countries, No doubt this is the death blow to the US.
Amen, Jason.
lol you're an idiot
You don't want to live like in India ? do you? or China? do you? they have a lower living standard and that is a fact..
The US has a higher living standard due to the ingenuity of its citizens, in the US you are taught to think and solve problems, India and China are behind the US.. all of this is only posible due to diversity..
You should be ashamed of yourself and being white you have no right to talk like that. When the minorities come and rape your women and have you staring at a gun barrel, you will be crying for the whites to save you. I bet you are a liberal idiot who voted for Obama. Now please leave the US and live in Mexico, you will have all the diversity including crime right to your door step. I do not think India and China are complaining that they are not diverse. All third world countries are infact trying to preseve their heritage, culture and race and it is only because of stupid liberals like you that white countries have to be diverse. You are too stupid and I wish I had a better word for you.
Love how you don't see blind hatred as a "crime" Hey America, what this man wrote is a hate crime! Read it out loud and see if you can hear the words thicken your blood!
testing testing
Don't worry white people, the GOP and TEA party are already on it, coming up with policies to make sure this stops quickly.
We can only hope.
Planned Parenthood kills more black babies, then the Klan ever dreamed of.
So why are you against it?
The majority of abortions are done by white women with two or more children.
37% of abortions occur with black women, 34% with non-Hispanic white women, 22% to Hispanic women and 8% to women of other races.
Carmen those statistics are wrong, white women who are already mothers have the highest percentage of abortions, the main reason being that they already have kids to take care of, and want to focus their resources on them.
Do you believe in the tooth fairy too?
There’s no such thing as white children or black children or Hispanic children or Native American children or Oriental children. There are just God’s children. To think otherwise is to bring the sins of adulthood into the innocence of childhood.
Not that I don't agree that all races should be treated equally, but it is a scientific facts that there ARE differences in the races.
If I as a white person needed a liver transplant, my body would reject a liver from an black donor. It's a simple fact. There are many, many more differences between the races than skin color.
Realy? I guess it was never communicated to transplants doctors.. I gues you must hurry and let them know..
Actually, you are closer genetically speaking to a random African than two random Africans are to each other.
"Although organs are not matched according to race/ethnicity, and people of different races frequently match one another, all individuals waiting for an organ transplant will have a better chance of receiving one if there are large numbers of donors from their racial/ethnic background. This is because compatible blood types and tissue markers—critical qualities for donor/recipient matching—are more likely to be found among members of the same ethnicity."
organdonor.gov
You're DNA is closer to an African than another random white man too. Wikipedia knowledge and knowledge are not the same thing.
"people of different races frequently match one another" see, you learn something new everyday.
I know, it's hard to get past the Chicken Little thing.
Peoples dislike of different races has really nothing to do with skin color. Most whites don't have much problem at all with asians, do they? Yet last time I checked, asians are pretty "brown" too. It has to do with cultural traits and characteristics that we come to despise about certain "minority" groups. To pretend that the only differences between races is skin color is naive and ignorant– and it defies all real-world experience and logic. Yet we get fed this politically correct crap constantly.
Amen. It's not race, it's culture. If you belong to an uneducated, gang banging, crime ridden, violent, welfare mooching culture then you will be discriminated against and rightly so. You will be poor and cut off from the possibility for advancement. If you align yourself with an educated, employed culture, self sufficient culture, then you will get ahead regardless of race.
So race is about more than skin color, it's about hurtful stereotypes too? Your observation ins't analysis. remember that.
Stereotypes are usually, not always, but usually accurate. That's how they developed. If the stereotype was defied often enough it would cease to exist. The reason stereotypes exist is because they are confirmed more frequently than not.
actually, stereotypes are a lazy shorthand we use to make snap judgments about people that aren't part of the mythical white norms. you fail to see your systemic boot on the faces of your sisters and brothers of color.
Why is it you think that whites do better in their system? Could it be they got to keep their GI Benefits after world war II, could it be they received subsidized home loan, unlike people of color and women? White people weren't redlined out of the suburbs. The ascension of the middle class after the war, a college educated new middle class can thank it's creation to affirmative action programs like the GI Bill. This isn't a distortion, it's a reality.
Do you really believe the bootstrap myth you've been fed?
Looks like a white Republiklan Tea Party meeting going on here.
oh for jesusfnkinchrist's sake if you want to begin to attempt to try to make some paltry, half-wit pseudo-political comment... at least learn how to spell. otherwise, the next time you think you might have something you would like to share on the internet, go drink drano first.
You didn't see what he did there, did you?
The American Taliban and the American Apartied Movement is what is causing the "divisivness" in the US, not tanned Presidents.