So all this Obama For President talk on the forums I read online seems to have opened up the racial divide in this country even further. Yes, I am voting for Obama despite the fact that a year ago I was convinced that a black candidate with a name like his would not win the Southern vote in my lifetime. Mine is as much as a vote against Hillary as it is a vote for him.
I think he messed up big time by not distancing himself from this preacher when the campaign first started. It’s stupid to leave these things hidden so they can come out in the last few weeks of the voting. I think he’s really scaring people off who think he believes the crap that guy was saying…and maybe he does to an extent. I did meet a black woman last year who was 100% convinced there was a cure for AIDS somewhere in Belgium but they were hiding it to kill off more blacks. I’ve never been big on conspiracy theories personally and I don’t think The Man is keeping us down, although I do love to joke about it.
Anyway, I’m getting off track. There was an entire thread discussing whether white people will be a minority by the year 2050 if the borders stay as open as they are now. The conversation bordered on the ridiculous. Let’s get something straight, people. Just because your percentage falls below 50% does not make you a minority all of a sudden. Let’s say Caucasians drop to 45% while Hispanics are 25%, blacks 20% and the rest Asian/Native Americans. Until there is another single group larger than you YOU ARE NOT A MINORITY. Get it? Got it? Good!
March 27th, 2008 at 2:26 am
Actually, I live in California, and the most recent census data indicates that over 50% of the state’s population is hispanic. So, in this state, we actually are a minority. Heck, with all the asians, and, the real minority, african americans, running around, we’re actually a real minority here. You might want to think about that.
March 27th, 2008 at 8:58 am
I live in California too. According to 2006 Census data Hispanics are 35.9% and White non-Hispanics are 43.1%. Of people who consider themselves to be “one race” 76.9% indicated white. Hispanics don’t really consider themselves to be all one race. U.S. federal law defines Hispanic or Latino as any person with ancestry from a Spanish-speaking Latin American country or Spain, regardless of race. You can be Hispanic and black (Sammy Sosa) or be a Caucasian-appearing person with one Mexican grandparent.
Govt census data is usually 1-2 years behind because it takes that long to collect and analyze the data. I’m pretty sure 2006 is the most recent.
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06000.html