Multitude of Races take over America

New Demographic Racial Gap Emerges
By Sam Roberts
Published May 17, 2007
New York Times Article


With America being such a prospering country filled with promises, we naturally intend to attract immigrants from around the world. Thus, we are full with variety with all the mixed races and people that we hold. Now however, we have the reached 100 million of nonwhite Americans for the first time which demographers are now “identifying as an emerging racial generation gap.”

Our nation is split into the following categories of older, whiter electorate and younger overall population that is more Hispanic, Black, and Asian that “presses sometimes competing agendas and priorities.”

In the Census Bureau, it was estimated on July 1, 2005 up to July 1, 2006 that the nations population of teens and kids grew up to 100.7 million from 98.3 million, which is about one thirds of all Americans. Those facts also suggest that a lot of the states are becoming more diverse as the minorities disperse.

This also has an affect on the potential implications for national politics. For example in Nevada “the share of whites has declined to 59 percent from 66 percent since 2000, the voting-age population has soared 25 percent, with minorities accounting for 63 percent of that increase. Arkansas, Georgia and Tennessee have recorded the greatest percentage gains in their Hispanic population since 2000, with the biggest numerical gains, predictably, registered by California, Texas and Florida.”

Which means that more adolescents are reaching the age of 18 where they can vote for presidential elections which does have a toll on the outcomes.

Unfortunately with the higher numbers of different races, prejudges are always close to follow. There are a lot of people who would vote for a president just because he is “black like they are” or “white like they are”. By making ignorant choices solely based off physical features and personal motives, the life of the country has to depend on it.

Those situations are personal things I have witnessed in my environment. I know and understand that, that would have to change if anyone wants a better future.


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