So will I be eligible for affirmative action?
Whites to be minority in US by 2050: study Mon Feb 11, 11:39 AM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Immigration will drive the population of the United States sharply upward between now and 2050, and will push whites into a minority, projections by the Pew Research Center showed Monday.
"If current trends continue, the population of the United States will rise to 438 million in 2050, from 296 million in 2005," an increase of nearly 50 percent, the study by the Washington-based think-tank said.
More than 80 percent of the increase will be due to immigrants arriving in the country and their US-born children, who will make up nearly one in five Americans by 2050 compared with one in eight in 2005, it said.
Whites, who currently make up around two-thirds of the US population, will become a minority (47 percent) by 2050, the report said.
The Hispanic population, currently the largest minority group, will triple in size and double in percentage terms from 14 percent in 2005 to 29 percent in 2050, the report said.
The Asian population will roughly double in percentage terms, from five percent to nine percent, while the black population will remain static at around 13 percent.
The projections are based on trends over the past 50 years, during which legal and illegal immigration have played an increasing role in US population growth, the report said.
From 1960 to 2005, new immigrants and their US-born descendants accounted for 51 percent of population increase, and for 58 percent from 1980 to 2005, the report said.
But, the report warned, "possible future changes in immigration policy" could impact the projections.
Illegal immigration has become a top issue in the race for the US presidency, especially among Republican candidates, most of whom favor of a crackdown.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Immigration will drive the population of the United States sharply upward between now and 2050, and will push whites into a minority, projections by the Pew Research Center showed Monday.
"If current trends continue, the population of the United States will rise to 438 million in 2050, from 296 million in 2005," an increase of nearly 50 percent, the study by the Washington-based think-tank said.
More than 80 percent of the increase will be due to immigrants arriving in the country and their US-born children, who will make up nearly one in five Americans by 2050 compared with one in eight in 2005, it said.
Whites, who currently make up around two-thirds of the US population, will become a minority (47 percent) by 2050, the report said.
The Hispanic population, currently the largest minority group, will triple in size and double in percentage terms from 14 percent in 2005 to 29 percent in 2050, the report said.
The Asian population will roughly double in percentage terms, from five percent to nine percent, while the black population will remain static at around 13 percent.
The projections are based on trends over the past 50 years, during which legal and illegal immigration have played an increasing role in US population growth, the report said.
From 1960 to 2005, new immigrants and their US-born descendants accounted for 51 percent of population increase, and for 58 percent from 1980 to 2005, the report said.
But, the report warned, "possible future changes in immigration policy" could impact the projections.
Illegal immigration has become a top issue in the race for the US presidency, especially among Republican candidates, most of whom favor of a crackdown.
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quote:Originally posted by Rack Ops
Whites to be minority in US by 2050:
Ok. So, cual es el problema?
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Who said there was a problem? 0 -
by 2050 they will have finally discovered affirmative action does not work, and will be no longer in effect
i do not believe for 1 minute the African American population census, they do not, will not comply with the census bureau, just ask any of them, and who in there right mind is going to go in the hoods to count them0 -
rack ops Iam surpised you asked that question. but anyway the answer is no you will not be eligible for affiritive action because like me you'll be dead. 0 -
Some states have a MORE THAN 50% Latino population NOW.
It ain't going to take that long. (2050)
Watch what happens if McAmnisty gets elected.
The flood gates are OPEN.......[:0][:(!][:(!]0 -
as of now,whites are a minority. to my knowledge aa was tossed out several years ago,but nobody remembers it. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by pickenup
Some states have a MORE THAN 50% Latino population NOW.
It ain't going to take that long. (2050)
Watch what happens if McAmnisty gets elected.
The flood gates are OPEN.......[:0][:(!][:(!]
No, no, no, no.
McCain has clearly stated that we will have to do something about our borders and then we can move on to doing something about the undocumented workers currently here.
How can you argue with specifics? You're just anti-McCain!0 -
Probably not. Since you are white, to the end of time you and I and my family will probably be blamed for all social ills and the failure of others to suceed regardless of how little they try. 0 -
I wonder what the critical mass of minorites will be that will trigger us to "officially" become a third world nation? I also predict that Moore's law will be reversed since there will be no care-takers of technology. The world will essentially de-evolve. Disease and war will once again be the great equalizer reducing the masses to a manageable number.
Perhaps this is mother nature's way of scouring the planet of the human infestation?0 -
This is one thing that really pisses me off.
I cant stand all these illegals running around working for next to nothing tax free and still making about as much as hard working people that pay taxes just to support all the crack heads in the hood.
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quote:Originally posted by daveald
rack ops Iam surpised you asked that question. but anyway the answer is no you will not be eligible for affiritive action because like me you'll be dead.
Actually, I'll be about 70 [:p]0 -
You bet your ass you will qualify! Somebody is going to have to support all of the welfare cases.[}:)]
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No that does not apply to white people- you should be ashamed of being white. I know how you can make it better- vote for Osama. 0
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