We are all equal again, right?

[*michaelsean*]

(07-04-2023, 09:42 AM)Matt_Crimson Wrote: Sure.

So the percentage you cited refers to those who identify as white but also includes Hispanics or Latinos who identify as white.

If you take those who identify as white only (not Hispanic or Latino) that percentage is lower (59%). In 2010 this number was 72%.  So that means in 13 years, those who identify as "white only" has dropped 13% (roughly 1% per year). 

If the white only population continues on this trajectory for the next 25 years, that would put their percentage at 34%. But most estimates are being more generous than that and it's believed that the percentage will fall roughly to around 45% which is still less than half. That would make whites only a minority in the US in comparison to the rest of the population. 

That does not mean however that another race is becoming the majority. It just simply means that all other races combined will out populate whites.

Theres a few reasons why this is happening.

1. Immigration.

As more minorities immigrate to the US, their share of the population increases and the whites only population decreases.

2. Whites have the oldest population.

The baby boomer generation is primarily white. What this means is that the white population is older than the population of minorities. As the older generation. of whites die off, the younger generation of minorities will begin to fill the void, causing a shift in population percentages.

3. The acceptance of interracial relationships

Pretty self explanatory. Less white people having less relationships with their own race means less "white" people being born.


I think it's important to note that that last point is a "consequence" for every race. When people say that whites will become a "minority" that doesn't mean that another race will necessarily take their place (although it is possible). It's to point out that the US has become more diverse and mixed race people will only continue to contribute to a decrease in the whites only population, as well as the population of all other races. At some point we will basically reach an area where the majority of the population is primarily made from parents of two differing races.

It seems with mixed people, they tend to choose to identify as the non-white race.  A lot of it probably has to do with how the public will perceive you, but I don't know a single mixed race person who identifies as white.  Maybe on the census they identify as mixed. Is there a place on the census to choose black/white etc?  I've never really paid attention.