Whites Fading Fast As Majority In US

OutOfBreath

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
Dan

Collin

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)

fanch75

mammasan wrote:

I think he's off listening to his old Dokken tapes.

Dokken rules.

mammasan

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.

decides2dream

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.

Pacomc79

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.

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

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.

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

i am gonna miss all the fine, freckle faced redheads though. they are going extinct. and thats a damn shame.

know1

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?

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

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.

NMyTree

" I don't want to fade away.......... "

NMyTree

Hispanic is a culture.

I'm largely Portuguese, so technically I'm largely hispanic.

But I also have Irish, British, German, French and (black) African genes/blood in me.

So mostly, I'm a human mutt:D

fanch75

What a predicament for advanced-level white people.

With more & more minorities, advanced-level white people will get more of what they love (diversity, having black friends, new types of coffee, indie films about bad white people, being offended on behalf of other races/cultures), but at the same time wonder how this will affect their property values in places where advanced-level white people live, like Manhatten.

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

bout time you showed up

Pacomc79

fanch75 wrote:

What a predicament for advanced-level white people.

With more & more minorities, advanced-level white people will get more of what they love (diversity, having black friends, new types of coffee, indie films about bad white people, being offended on behalf of other races/cultures), but at the same time wonder how this will affect their property values in places where advanced-level white people live, like Manhatten.

but what about Dokken? What will become of the Lynch Mob????

fanch75

Pacomc79 wrote:

but what about Dokken? What will become of the Lynch Mob????

Dokken will continue to rule, althrough in front of less & less people (which has been the trend for like the last 70 years anyway).

LeilaMoonTurtle

fading fast?

rebornFixer

Hispanic is a culture ... Racially, Hispanics are technically "white", but I agree with know1 .... What the heck does that term even mean anymore? My own ancestry is German, French, and Cree, all mixed together. Obviously Samuel L. Jackson ain't white ... Other than that, who knows?

eyedclaar

Good. Never cared for white folk anyway. Are my Cherokees making a comeback yet?

LeilaMoonTurtle

please elaborate

reborncareerist wrote:

Hispanic is a culture ... Racially, Hispanics are technically "white", ...