Thursday, August 14, 2008

"Minorities, about one-third of the U.S. population, are expected to become a majority by 2042 and be 54 percent of U.S. residents by 2050," a WashingtonPost.com article says.

William H. Frey, a researcher with the Brookings Institution, said the demographic changes could presage equally profound political cleavages.

"Politically, whites will be much more interested in issues like health care and pensions," he said. "At the same time, the growing minority population -- Hispanics, especially -- will be concerned about more youthful issues, like schools."

That's OK, though, because multilingual children are something white people like.

#posted by Dave 6:22:00 PM