Posted on 05/11/2006 12:26:17 AM PDT by XR7
WASHINGTON — Nearly half of the nation's children under 5 are racial or ethnic minorities, and the percentage is increasing mainly because the Hispanic population is growing so rapidly, according to a census report released today.
Hispanics are the nation's largest and fastest-growing minority group...And the increase in young children is largely a Hispanic story, driving 70 percent of the growth in children younger than 5. Forty-five percent of U.S. children younger than 5 are minorities.
The new numbers offer a preview of demographic shifts to come...In some parts of the country, the transformation is more visible than in others. Large swaths of the upper Midwest are still mainly non-Hispanic white. But minorities are a majority of children younger than 5...
William Frey, a demographer with the Brookings Institution, predicted that the United States will have "a multicultural population that will probably be more tolerant, accommodating to other races and more able to succeed in a global economy." There could be increased competition for money and power, he added. "The older, predominantly white baby-boom generations will need to accommodate..."
William O'Hare, a senior fellow at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, said he is not sure the country is prepared to provide the extra help that immigrants' children often need to become well-educated workers and the future supporters of retirement programs for a predominantly white older population. Some Americans, he said, will not welcome the news that minorities are nearly the majority among young children.
"Part of the people will see this and say, 'Gee, these kids are really our future parents and workers, and we need to take care of them,' " O'Hare said. "The other would say it is time to send them all home."
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Not, "Let their parents take care of them." Or, "They need to take care of themselves." No wonder the parents of these kids are flocking here in droves. And the biggest suckers, the US taxpayers, continue to bend over and let it continue.
The U.S. as we know it may be ending.
This would not be the case if children of Mex/Anglo ethnicity were considered white instead of Hispanic. The ideology of victimhood dictates that they be considered minoirities despite their lineage.
This article is based on a Census report that was released this week. From this report, in NJ, Mexican women have 4 times the fertility rates of white women in prime ages for child bearing. White women have a fertility rate at below 1/2 the commonly accepted replacement birthrate. Black women are below replacement levels also, though not as bad.
It's just unbelievable how radically entire states' populations will change in under 15 years.
Agreed. That's why we must support the American Party. Our platform:
* Severe limits on immigration, especially from Catholic countries.
* Restricting political office to native-born Americans
* Mandating a wait of 21 years before an immigrant can gain citizenship.
* Restricting public school teachers to Protestants.
* Mandating daily Bible readings in public schools (from the Protestant version of the Bible).
* Restricting the sale of liquor.
Its time to adapt or be extinct.
What's wrong with Roman Catholics?
"Hispanic" is somewhat dubious as an ethnic distinction. A migrant farm worker from Mexico has little shared ethnic heritage with a lawyer from Uruguay. I worked with a girl from Columbia. Blonde haired and blue eyed and nonetheless considered a "minority" due to her last name.
She took full advantage of this as well when applying for college grants.
I realize you are being sarcastic lol
Well, first the latino birthrates I think are a bit misleading. Latino birthrates have been decling at a drastic rate. However in truth America is always changing. The US of the 1930's is the not the USA of today. The key is retaining whats is best. The usa will survive.
easy for you to say..lol
In France, one in four babies born are Muslim.
I dont know why you say that. What you are seeingis at first a tad misleading. They are counting anyone that is not I guess to say 100 percent caucausian in many cases. Kids including my generation were some of the biggest to start inter marrying. For instance with Asians and Hispanics especially. It still lags with blacks but that is changing slowly. Hispanics are marrying Caucausians all the time. That will continue. THe country will become stronger for it. THe good ole USA with all its values and traditions will continue.
Good, maybe now we can stop with affirmative action.
Damn Know-Nothings!!!
where is Uexico?
* Severe limits on immigration, especially from Catholic countries.
* Restricting political office to native-born Americans
* Mandating a wait of 21 years before an immigrant can gain citizenship.
* Restricting public school teachers to Protestants.
* Mandating daily Bible readings in public schools (from the Protestant version of the Bible).
* Restricting the sale of liquor
These are completely not even realistic. This seems very radical. If this is seriously what you hope will happen, I humbly believe you will continuously be disappointed. What makes the Protestant bible the one to read in school? What is wrong with the Catholic Bible? I use it and seems pretty spot on with me.
The question for "conservatives" who are saying that they'll refuse to vote is, "What will Hillary Clinton do about illegal immigration?"
And what else will she do regarding your income, your property rights, your national defense (Hillary's big draft), your families and issues that you might think of as being very important tomorrow?
Those were the platforms of a late-19th century radical right political party who feared immigration... look up the Know-Nothing Party on Wikipedia.
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