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Whites Fading Fast As Majority In US

g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
edited August 2008 in A Moving Train
I may not be around to see this but I wonder what other changes will go along with this change in our population?

Here's the story Whites Fading Fast As Majority In The US

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  • rebornFixerrebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    Interesting article ... 46% is still substantial, and "fading fast" is kind of a dumb way to say it.
  • CorporateWhoreCorporateWhore Posts: 1,890
    This means the end of the United States, as we know it.

    Nations are the people who create them, nothing more. No other people could have created the Islamic caliphates, the Mayan civilization, or the dynasties of China. Only those people at that time.

    Likewise, no other people could have created the United States as we know it. Where they go, so goes the nation they built.
    All I know is that to see, and not to speak, would be the great betrayal.
    -Enoch Powell
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    We hispanics are taking over. After the US it's on to Canada.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • rebornFixerrebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    mammasan wrote:
    We hispanics are taking over. After the US it's on to Canada.

    Bastards ...
    ;)
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    CorporateWhore wrote:
    This means the end of the United States, as we know it.
    How do we know it? Pale skin people who can't dance???
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    reborncareerist wrote:
    Bastards ...
    ;)

    That's right. You Canucks thought you where safe because it's cold up there. Well think again.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • rebornFixerrebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    Where's fanch when you need him? This thread is rife with opportunities ... The self-deprecating remarks by LikeAnOcean beg for a fanching.
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    reborncareerist wrote:
    Where's fanch when you need him? This thread is rife with opportunities ... The self-deprecating remarks by LikeAnOcean beg for a fanching.

    I think he's off listening to his old Dokken tapes.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • rebornFixerrebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    I wish I could git jiggy wit it ... But alas, I am white.

    Am I missing some apostrophes? That doesn't quite look right ...
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    mammasan wrote:
    I think he's off listening to his old Dokken tapes.

    That's funny that Dokken thread is STILL going.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • VictoryGinVictoryGin Posts: 1,207
    CorporateWhore wrote:
    This means the end of the United States, as we know it.

    Nations are the people who create them, nothing more. No other people could have created the Islamic caliphates, the Mayan civilization, or the dynasties of China. Only those people at that time.

    Likewise, no other people could have created the United States as we know it. Where they go, so goes the nation they built.

    are the creators the federalists or the antifederalists? the sons or the daughters of liberty? three-fifths of the slave population who were counted? or the whole slave population who's work built and strengthened the economy?
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    VictoryGin wrote:
    are the creators the federalists or the antifederalists? the sons or the daughters of liberty? three-fifths of the slave population who were counted? or the whole slave population who's work built and strengthened the economy?
    As wrong as slavery is, it made the industrial revolution possible.
  • CorporateWhoreCorporateWhore Posts: 1,890
    VictoryGin wrote:
    are the creators the federalists or the antifederalists? the sons or the daughters of liberty? three-fifths of the slave population who were counted? or the whole slave population who's work built and strengthened the economy?

    Sure all those people.

    South Americans built South American nations. It's obvious to the casual observer that those nations are very different from the USA.

    To infuse the USA with vast numbers of people from those nations is to turn the USA into those nations, plain and simple.
    All I know is that to see, and not to speak, would be the great betrayal.
    -Enoch Powell
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    CorporateWhore wrote:
    To infuse the USA with vast numbers of people from those nations is to turn the USA into those nations, plain and simple.
    First generation immigrants yes, but I have Mexican friends who are second and third generation here and the can't even speak spanish and don't even like the culture. Chicago accents and all..

    And what about with Polish immigrants? There's just as many of them around here. Please stop asking me if I speak Polish because I have blonde fucking hair.
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    This country was built by immigrants. I'm sure that the with each tide of immigration, be it Irish, Italian, Polish etc..., the people here thaught that the country would loose it's identity. Each time they where wrong. With each passing generation the children and granchildren became more Americanized. In many instances these immirants even introduced new traditions and customes that would eventually be absorbed into American culture, making it more rich and diverse.

    So the US will not cease to exist just because of a demagephical shift. It will be the same country it has always been.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    I welcome it. Really, I believe it's already happened anyway. Exactly how is someone classified as white anyway? Is there a test?
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • CorporateWhoreCorporateWhore Posts: 1,890
    know1 wrote:
    I welcome it. Really, I believe it's already happened anyway. Exactly how is someone classified as white anyway? Is there a test?

    I don't know about a test, but the government and employers ask you if you're white and you sure as hell better say "yes," crackah.
    All I know is that to see, and not to speak, would be the great betrayal.
    -Enoch Powell
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    mammasan wrote:
    I think he's off listening to his old Dokken tapes.

    And guzzling Natty Light, no doubt.
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    CorporateWhore wrote:
    I don't know about a test, but the government and employers ask you if you're white and you sure as hell better say "yes," crackah.

    Say "no" if you want financial aid, though ;)
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    CorporateWhore wrote:
    I don't know about a test, but the government and employers ask you if you're white and you sure as hell better say "yes," crackah.

    I've said "unknown" or "mixed" before just because they can't give me a definition of what any of the categories mean.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • OutOfBreathOutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    CorporateWhore wrote:
    This means the end of the United States, as we know it.

    Nations are the people who create them, nothing more. No other people could have created the Islamic caliphates, the Mayan civilization, or the dynasties of China. Only those people at that time.

    Likewise, no other people could have created the United States as we know it. Where they go, so goes the nation they built.
    1. There is an inherent essentialism in this that I dont much like. The people that "built America" are mostly dead, after all, and it's their children and childrens children that have continued building it since. And who are these "people" particularly?

    2. Had 100 million hispanics moved in tomorrow, that could have threatened the nation's culture and "way of life". The thing about this gradual shift in the population is that every child that grows up in the meantime, will be essentially american in every way. So even if they generally have another skin tone in 30 years, they are raised within the nation as countless of immigrants' children before them.

    3. The culture always changes, things are always going away, and things are always changing (and according to the older people that change is always for the worst).

    Peace
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  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    The polls:

    How do you feel about the changing face of America?

    It bothers me: 46% (31,993)

    I have mixed feelings: 28% (19,088)

    It's fine by me: 26% (17,798)

    How would you describe yourself?

    White 83% (55,473)
    Black 7% (4,527)
    Hispanic 4% (2,878)
    Other 4% (2,483)
    Asian 2% (1,256)
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  • fanch75fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    mammasan wrote:
    I think he's off listening to his old Dokken tapes.

    Dokken rules.
    Do you remember Rock & Roll Radio?
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    Collin wrote:
    The polls:

    How do you feel about the changing face of America?

    It bothers me: 46% (31,993)

    I have mixed feelings: 28% (19,088)

    It's fine by me: 26% (17,798)

    How would you describe yourself?

    White 83% (55,473)
    Black 7% (4,527)
    Hispanic 4% (2,878)
    Other 4% (2,483)
    Asian 2% (1,256)

    The change doesn't bother me at all. I will use my family as an example. My parents immigrated to this country from Cuba. Our grandparents barely spoke a word of English and considered themselves Cubans till the day they died. Our parent's learned to start adapting to this country. learned the language, became American citizens and while still holding on to their culture and Cuban identity started to integrate into American culture. My generation, the first born in this country, pretty much considers themselves Cuban-American. We are proud of our heritage but we are also proud of being Americans, we are fluent in Spanish and hold on to many of the customs from our parent's homeland. Much like our parents we blend the two cultures, even more so than they. Our children have no association with their grandparent's culture, consider themselves Americans and can barely speak two words in Spanish. The only connection they have to their hispanic heritage is their last names.

    Like many immigrants before us this will happen to the large influx of hispanic and latino immigrants. Yes the first generation to come here will be the least Americanized, but with each following generation they will become more American. So these irrational fears that somehow the US is going to loose it's identity are pointless because history has shown us that that will not be the case.

    I guess I already answered question number 2 but just in case anyone missed it I am hispanic.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    i have been reading this since about my HS years. it has slowly been happening for years. we still have a decent % of new immigrnts, we have races/cultures intermarrying, etc. all of this contributes to the changing face of america. i see it as a good thing. the old 'melting pot' analogy is dead, assimilation to the point of losing your cultural identity is an idea that has come and gone. i think seeking a balance between total assimilation and holding onto your individual cultural identity is what we have, and will continue to, be working on. it does change a lot...the influences, the desires....and i think it's all a good thing. :) i LOVE the diversity of the NYC metro region and i am always amazed when i travel elsewhere and how sooo many places are not like my home.
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    It's pretty obvious we are already one of the most diverse countries in the world.

    Look at the olympic teams. People are from all over the world historically.

    I think the worry of losing cultural identity is a little overplayed it's celebrated as far as I can tell. The US is a hodgepodge of every immigrants culture superimposed on one another and then built for speed and easy delivery.
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    i recently found out i'm 1/16 mexican (and already knew i was 1/4 native), so i'm practically hispanic already!

    i'll just change my name to Smithriguez and i'll be fine.
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    i am gonna miss all the fine, freckle faced redheads though. they are going extinct. and thats a damn shame.
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    MrSmith wrote:
    i recently found out i'm 1/16 mexican (and already knew i was 1/4 native), so i'm practically hispanic already!

    i'll just change my name to Smithriguez and i'll be fine.

    That's kind of my point - what percentage do you need to achieve to be classified as Hispanic?

    ...and is it even possible to accurately check all the genes in your pool to even know if the 1/16 is accurate?
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    know1 wrote:
    That's kind of my point - what percentage do you need to achieve to be classified as Hispanic?

    ...and is it even possible to accurately check all the genes in your pool to even know if the 1/16 is accurate?
    who knows. its all kinda pointless anyway. Hispanic isnt even a race. and culturally speaking, most hispanics i know arent any different than americans anyway. i dont know if its because of high rates of "americanization", or we are just similar culture or what.
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