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Race in America: 5 Take-Aways From the 2010 Census
By Laura Parker - AOL NewsThe Census Bureau has released its final figures for the 2010 count, revealing new details about the makeup of the 308.7 million people in the United States and how they live. Here are five insights about America's racial mix that emerge from the report: 1. The geography of race The minority population, driven by a 43 percent increase in Hispanics, grew in all four regions of the country. But it grew most in the West. Nearly half of the West's population of 33.9 million is now minority. That is largely due to California, which also has the largest minority population of any state: 22.3 ...
Only Whites 'Mourning in America'?
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Sept. 23) -- On its politics blog, The Caucus, The New York Times posted a new ad by Citizens for the Republic, a conservative lobbying group, called "Mourning in America." It's a play on a 1984 Ronald Reagan ad called "Morning in America." The Times reports: The ad is a blunt, almost point-by-point comparison to the hopeful, optimistic spot from Reagan's re-election year. "Morning in America" promoted the future, noting, "This afternoon, 6,500 young men and women will be married and with inflation at less than half of what it was just four years ago, they can look forward with confidence ...
Opinion: Black High School Dropout Crisis Calls for New Approach
By Michael Arceneaux - AOL News(Sept. 3) -- A generation of black men run the risk of not being qualified to operate an on/off switch. That's almost no exaggeration. In the 2010 "Yes We Can: The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males," the Schott Foundation reports that the overall 2007-08 graduation rate for black males in the U.S. was only 47 percent. And in about half the states, black male graduation rates fell even below that paltry figure. It's a sad irony, given that our nation's first president of color's intellect was heralded as a major factor in his ascension to the most powerful office in ...
Minorities Make Up 35 Percent of U.S. and Over 50 Percent of Four States
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyMinorities now make up 35 percent of the U.S. population and count for more than 50 percent of residents in Texas, Hawaii, New Mexico, California and Washington, D.C., the Census Bureau says in new estimates for 2009. The update indicates that minorities increased by 107.2 million people, or 2.5 percent, last year, with growth coming from Hispanic births and individuals who identify as biracial. The white population remained flat at just under 200 million, 65 percent of the country. In 2000, whites made up 79 percent of the population, the Associated Press said. The overall minority ...
In Obama's Financial Reform, a Message to Minorities in Crisis
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyWhile President Obama traveled to New York Thursday to make his case for financial reform legislation, a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisors explained its particular importance for African Americans and minorities, who have been disproportionately hard hit. In a conference call, Cecilia Rouse, like the president, highlighted the creation of a consumer financial protection agency that she said would hold financial firms to high standards. Some companies have been going after "the most vulnerable consumers," she said, making money off of them in a way that was ...
Minorities in U.S. Could Become the Majority in 40 Years
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyMinorities are on their way to majority status in the U.S., and demographers say 2010 could be the "tipping point" -- the first year the number of babies born to non-white Americans outnumbers children born to whites. Minorities made up 48 percent of children born in 2008, the last year census estimates are available, compared to 37 percent in 1990, The Associated Press reported. This year that number is expected to top 50 percent. If the trend continues, minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority within 40 years. Whites currently make up two-thirds of the total ...
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