Non-White births now exceed white births in the U.S.

Whites Account for Under Half of Births in U.S.

By SABRINA TAVERNISE

Published: May 17, 2012 

WASHINGTON — After years of speculation, estimates and projections, the Census Bureau has made it official: White births are no longer a majority in the United States.

Non-Hispanic whites accounted for 49.6 percent of all births in the 12-month period that ended last July, according to Census Bureau data made public on Thursday, while minorities — including Hispanics, blacks, Asians and those of mixed race — reached 50.4 percent, representing a majority for the first time in the country’s history.

Such a turn has been long expected, but no one was certain when the moment would arrive — signaling a milestone for a nation whose government was founded by white Europeans and has wrestled mightily with issues of race, from the days of slavery, through a civil war, bitter civil rights battles and, most recently, highly charged debates over efforts to restrict immigration.

 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/us/whites-account-for-under-half-of-births-in-us.html?_r=1

 

My Comment:

Unfortunately I worry that "race" will always be a part of America.  "Race" however is an outmoded concept since DNA is what actually matters. What is meant when saying "race" is the color of one's skin and somehow that reflects on the whole being, the darker one is the less intelligent, capable & desirable has been the poisonous assumption and not just among "whites."  Since we humans are all a shade of brown, I just don't know how any of this will play out in the future. Our country has legislated against slavery and then discrimination and our culture has changed from hatred to integration then tolerance and now some form of acceptance. If we're all still only at the point of acceptance then there is a long, long distance to go before the concept of race can be entirely eradicated & forgotten.