The browning of America
August 18th, 2008
White America is shrinking faster than previously predicted:
White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2042, according to new government projections. That’s eight years sooner than previous estimates, made in 2004.
The nation has been growing more diverse for decades, but the process has sped up through immigration and higher birth rates among minority residents, especially Hispanics. It is also growing older.
Just think of the uproar that will cause among many people as the white percentage continues to shrink. But there will be fewer of them to yell.

