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    Becomming a Minority in OUR OWN Country!

    This WSJ story should Scare the Hell out of everyone on this site. Be sure to call your Represenatives and tell them where to put thier "12 Million" Illegals figure!

    By CONOR DOUGHERTY
    Whites are on the verge of becoming a minority among newborn children in the U.S., marking a demographic shift that is already reshaping the nation's politics and economy.

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    Korean immigrant publisher Ki-Hyun Chun, center, works Thursday on the Asian Herald in Charlotte, N.C., where the nonwhite population has risen.
    .The Census reported Thursday that nonwhite minorities accounted for 48.6% of the children born in the U.S. between July 2008 and July 2009, gaining ground from 46.8% two years earlier. The trajectory suggests that minority births will soon eclipse births of whites of European ancestry.

    "The question is just when," said Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. He guesses the demographic milestone will be crossed in the next few years, and could happen as early as 2011.

    America's changing face has transformed race relations from the traditional divide of black and white to a more complex mix of race, language and religion. There are new strains on schools and social services, while immigration has emerged as one of the nation's most contentious issues—as evidenced by Arizona's recent law that makes illegal immigration a state crime.

    A Changing Population

    See the percentage of the population under age 15 that is white, by state, in 2000 and 2009.
    See the percentage of the population of each state that is white, and how this figure has changed since 1980.
    .A number of forces are pushing the U.S. toward a "majority minority" future. The median age of the white population is older than that of nonwhites, and thus a larger share of minority women are in prime child-bearing years. In addition, white women are having fewer children than nonwhites, while the growth in mixed marriages has led to more multiracial births.

    The recession has slowed the transformation by reducing immigration. It also has made people of all races less willing to start families. But births among nonwhites slowed less than those among whites between July 2008 and July 2009. Among the Hispanic population, there were roughly nine births for every one death, compared with a roughly one-to-one ratio for whites.

    Minorities made up 35% of the U.S. population between July 2008 and July 2009, up from 31% in 2000, the Census said. While immigration is a touchy political issue, it is not the driving factor behind the nation's growing diversity. Hispanics, for instance, accounted for 54.7% of the total population increase between July 2008 and July 2009, but about two-thirds of that gain came from births.

    .Charlotte, N.C., and surrounding Mecklenburg County offer a microcosm of the diversifying nation. A statue of Mahatma Gandhi stands in front of the historic county courthouse, a gift from the Charlotte Asian Heritage Association. Food Lion, a supermarket chain in the Southeast, spent the past year adding thousands of Hispanic food items to 19 Charlotte area stores. In 1990, 70.3% of the county was white. Today, it is 54.6%, and Mecklenburg County's youngest whites are a minority among their peers.

    Ki-Hyun Chun, a Korean immigrant, started a small immigrant-focused accounting firm in the 1970s. Today, in addition to his firm, he runs an Asian library with 130,000 books and a three-language Asian newspaper out of his building on the edge of downtown Charlotte.

    The shifting mix has "changed our definition of diversity," said Ann Clark, chief academic officer of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district. The district, for example, used to put its teachers through training to overcome racial biases that usually cut along black-and-white lines. Now, the district focuses more on reaching kids who live in poverty or don't speak English at home. It has hired four full-time translators and started a program to educate teachers about poverty.

    Esselito Solano, a 31-year-old who owns a company that makes stone kitchen counters, said he felt like an outsider when he emigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines in the mid-1980s. He remembers being perplexed when an elementary-school teacher made him throw away the remainders of his cafeteria lunch instead of bringing it home, a wasteful move in his native country.

    Today, his young daughters are growing up as part of a nonwhite majority. In 2006, the most recent data available, 43% of the babies born in Mecklenburg County were non-Hispanic whites, according to health statistics. "They're not going to have a hard time blending in," said Mr. Solano.

    Charlotte's business and social institutions also reflect the change. The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce has expanded minority membership via a program that gives discounts to several racial and ethnic chambers. In 2007, the NAACP of North Carolina formed a coalition called Historic Thousands on Jones Street People's Assembly, which is made up of 93 North Carolina advocacy groups that represent various races and ethnicities. "With this changing demographic, we had to operate in coalition," said Rev. William Barber, president of the NAACP of North Carolina.

    America has long been on a path toward becoming a more diverse nation, and several states, including California and Texas, are already "majority minority." But in the past decade or so, the dual forces of assimilation and the housing boom have pushed diversity beyond gateway cities into the suburbs and across states that hadn't traditionally attracted immigrants.

    Philip Maung started off in a gateway city, immigrating to Los Angeles from Burma (now Myanmar) in 1989. He moved to Charlotte in 1997 to start Hissho Sushi, now a 400-store company that sells sushi out of kiosks in airports and grocery stores. The company's 50,000-square-foot headquarters has offices, warehousing and a chilled room where a dozen employees begin rolling sushi at 3:30 a.m. "In a bigger city like New York or L.A., I wouldn't have had a shot," said Mr. Maung.

    Although he has achieved the American dream, Mr. Maung said he wanted his two boys, both born in Charlotte, to understand where he came from. Two years ago, he sent the kids back to Asia to spend time learning Chinese and living in the developing world. "They'll come back with their eyes open," he said.
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    Immigration and live births are changing the demographic. Cultures and religions promote family sizes. Inter-racial children are on the increase. It is fairly obvious to see that yes, Caucasian folks are becoming the minority in this country. But this is not a criticism nor a racist observation. It just simply is they way our country is evolving. Like it or not, it is what it is, you cannot remain a static society. With the changing demographics, I hope we do not become subject to something far more ominous, Sharia law.

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    I'm scared for this country, but it has nothing to do with what color we are. There are bigger fish that we can fry.
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    Youv'e got It all wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by RedStateVoter
    Immigration and live births are changing the demographic. Cultures and religions promote family sizes. Inter-racial children are on the increase. It is fairly obvious to see that yes, Caucasian folks are becoming the minority in this country. But this is not a criticism nor a racist observation. It just simply is they way our country is evolving. Like it or not, it is what it is, you cannot remain a static society. With the changing demographics, I hope we do not become subject to something far more ominous, Sharia law.
    No ! ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION and their live births (ANCHOR BABIES) are the reason that our culture and LANGUAGE are changing. Gangs,graffiti,guns.drugs. drunk driving,hit and runs ETC are the "NEW CULTURE" of lawlessness,and disrespect for our flag and OUR COUNTRY There Is NO ASSIMILATION Into our society by ILLEGALS or their kids because we cater to them,and there are few If any consequences for their daily lawbreaking ways...

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    Re: Youv'e got It all wrong

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    Quote Originally Posted by RedStateVoter
    Immigration and live births are changing the demographic. Cultures and religions promote family sizes. Inter-racial children are on the increase. It is fairly obvious to see that yes, Caucasian folks are becoming the minority in this country. But this is not a criticism nor a racist observation. It just simply is they way our country is evolving. Like it or not, it is what it is, you cannot remain a static society. With the changing demographics, I hope we do not become subject to something far more ominous, Sharia law.
    No ! ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION and their live births (ANCHOR BABIES) are the reason that are culture and LANGUAGE are changing. Gangs,graffiti,guns.drugs. drunk driving,hit and runs ETC are the "NEW CULTURE" of lawlessness,and disrespect for our flag and OUR COUNTRY There Is NO ASSIMILATION Into our society by ILLEGALS or their kids because we cater to them,and there are few If any consequences for their daily lawbreaking ways...
    We are turning Into a third world country,complete with low skilled people that are unqualified for jobs beyond car washes,hotel help,or construction labor. California,which ranked 7th In high school graduation rates In 1980,now ranks 50th,and dead last In the country Take a guess where most of our "NEW CULTURE" RESIDES.... Thats right.. CALIFORNIA

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    Re: Youv'e got It all wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by topsecret10
    Quote Originally Posted by topsecret10
    Quote Originally Posted by RedStateVoter
    Immigration and live births are changing the demographic. Cultures and religions promote family sizes. Inter-racial children are on the increase. It is fairly obvious to see that yes, Caucasian folks are becoming the minority in this country. But this is not a criticism nor a racist observation. It just simply is they way our country is evolving. Like it or not, it is what it is, you cannot remain a static society. With the changing demographics, I hope we do not become subject to something far more ominous, Sharia law.
    No ! ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION and their live births (ANCHOR BABIES) are the reason that are culture and LANGUAGE are changing. Gangs,graffiti,guns.drugs. drunk driving,hit and runs ETC are the "NEW CULTURE" of lawlessness,and disrespect for our flag and OUR COUNTRY There Is NO ASSIMILATION Into our society by ILLEGALS or their kids because we cater to them,and there are few If any consequences for their daily lawbreaking ways...
    We are turning Into a third world country,complete with low skilled people that are unqualified for jobs beyond car washes,hotel help,or construction labor. California,which ranked 7th In high school graduation rates In 1980,now ranks 50th,and dead last In the country Take a guess where most of our "NEW CULTURE" RESIDES.... Thats right.. CALIFORNIA
    Think Cloward Piven. This is the plan of the far left government.
    "A Nation of sheep will beget a government of Wolves" -Edward R. Murrow

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    The melting pot is broken and simply cannot be fixed and as we become more fragmented it will not be a good ending, sad to say all of this plays into the progressive/socialist/communist agenda.
    I'm old with many opinions few solutions.

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    This article states what our country continues to ignore: two thirds of this increase is due to births as opposed to immigration. Most working illegals have their family members and anchor babies living with them. America must get serious about stopping anchor baby citizenship and focus just as much on deporting the illegal alien dependents as the ones taking American jobs. Health departments throughout this country are filled with pregnant illegals every day and nothing is done to report and deport them before they can give birth here.
    This issue must be addressed and dealt with if we are to preserve our culture.
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    As for the Anchor Baby situation, I would like Everyone to check out NumbersUSA, go there and CHECK your Represenatives Voting Record (Report Card)... When I look at mine, NONE of them have Touched the Anchor Baby Subject!!! They are Affraid of being called Bigots, Rascist... All those UGLY NAMES... Do you think they are affraid of being called AMERICAN TOO?
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    "Hispanics" (mostly anchor babies) became over half the births in CA about 10 years ago. Look were we are now.
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