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More Minority Babies May Be Born in 2010 Than White Babies, Study Says
Filed under: In The News, Research Reveals: Babies
A new trend for 2010? Minority births may be changing the U.S. majority population. Credit: Corbis
Nope, it's not the new must-have booties or the latest rad stroller. The latest baby trend could actually alter the makeup of the U.S. population.
For the first time in history, more minority babies may be born in the United States than white babies, the New York Daily News reports. The research, released days before U.S. census forms are set to arrive at 120 million homes, suggests this year's minority baby boom could be what spurs our country into a minority majority during the next 40 years, according to the newspaper.
Kenneth Johnson, a sociology professor with the University of New Hampshire and senior demographer at the Carsey Institute, studied the trend and tells the News that 20 years ago, more than a third of children born in the U.S. were minorities. By 2008, that percentage had grown to almost half of U.S. births.
Although Johnson's not sure why, a few U.S. cities are bucking the trend. In New York City, namely Brooklyn and Manhattan, more kids are likely to be white, the newspaper reports.
"The number of white children went up, while the number of black and Hispanic children went down," Johnson tells the News, explaining that "it's hard to say why because there are so many competing demographic factors within New York City."
Another place moving against the trend is Fayette County, which is a suburban area near Memphis, Tenn.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
3-12-2010 @ 1:08PM
mamaRBC25 said...neesee, I don't think the point of this article is illegals. I have been saying for a long long time that in a few generations only one mixed race will exist. I am WHITE, EDUCATED, LEGAL, and stopped at TWO children, but my children are of mixed race (white/ pacific islander). My husband and I both have college degrees, own our own home, have jobs, and have never once "lived off the government. And hey! He's a "minority", imagine that! A lot of these "minority" children being born are of mixed races, due to younger generations seeing past race and discrimination, which I think is going to do wonders in our country! BTW I think it is very UNeducated of you to make the assumption that every single minority is here illegally living off "the system". I hope my children never encounter anyone like you!
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3-13-2010 @ 3:13AM
Harold said...Genocide by assimilation is a wonderful thing. Let us celebrate the extinction of white children.
Asia for the Asians, Africa for the Africans, and White Countries for Everybody!
3-13-2010 @ 3:21AM
Candice said...How can any white man or women not care that white children are minorities everywhere in the world? where will they be safe? where will they have a place to be?
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4-30-2010 @ 12:51PM
Uly said...Seriously, Candice? I think that's one of the stupidest things I've ever read in my life.
3-14-2010 @ 12:41PM
Heather said...I know I am gonna get slammed for this...BUT..
Comming from personal experience, it seems that a lot of minority families (mexican in my case) bring their pregnant wives and children to the US just so they can have their latest addition here then not have to return to where they came from. My ex brother in law's brothers (yes from mexico) brought their pregnant wives up here when they were about due, had their kids, and now do not have to leave. They are all living off the system (on false SSN's) and I think it is crap that just because you have a kid on US soil that we are all being forced to take care of the family you brought along with you and to have to select 1 for English on every phone. Not to mention the money they send back to Mexico every week (not to mention unpaid taxes) that the US economy could use to get out of recession. It is no suprise to me that white children are becoming the minority.
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4-13-2010 @ 4:16PM
Ashley said...Well of course more minorities will be born this year! Obama says he will support them! He is ALLLLL for minorities, screw the white people. I guess my taxes are going up this year because of all the minorities standing in the welfare line to support their children. Jesus.
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4-16-2010 @ 11:52AM
ModerateTalk said...Okay, so, let's be real. Statistically speaking, because there are more WHITE people in the U.S. (right now), there are more WHITE people on "government assistance" than any other race. Now, because certain minority populations have higher numbers of "their" people on assistance, their percentages are higher (but, the "numbers" ARE NOT higher than white people's numbers). That's math, plain and simple.
The hispanic numbers are growing and they are second largest population in the U.S. It's funny to me how someone on here said, "where will the white people go when minorities are the majority? where will they be safe?" FOR REAL? Are white people so weak that they need somewhere to hide out from the "bad minorities"? PLEASE. The majority of white people I KNOW are piss poor and mad at ANYONE who has more than they do. I am an African American female who's education level and annual household income puts me in the top 3-5%. There aren't many people, white or other, who are in that position. So, let's stop being so high and mighty. At the end of the day, what really makes the world go round in the U.S. is money (no matter WHAT the color of your skin)! And if you have it, you're good...if you don't, you're struggling and probably angry (especially if you're white). That's just the way it goes. Really, that's what politics, on the highest levels, REALLY boils down to. You have these people who are born into "Republican" families and they keep up the dogma...but, they don't have a pot to piss in and don't know anything about the policies and really can't see that the policies of the Democrats are probably going to serve them better than the Republicans because it's about who's looking out for your interests...Republicans are going to look out for "money interests". Democrats, usually "people interests". Come on people wake up and get educated!!!!!!!!
So, bottom line, the people on here who are talking about "oh poor white people having to pay for the minorities"...First, IF you make enough money to REALLY be paying for anyone...you're paying for the majority on assistance...and that is WHITE people!! Yes, you're paying for minorities on assistance to, but, right now, the highest number of people on government assistance are WHITE people. And, second, it really doesn't matter who is the minority and who isn't....because the elite in the U.S. are worried about money. And it's the elite who are worried about their tax money being used for illegal aliens and the vast number of PEOPLE, period, on assistance.
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4-30-2010 @ 11:42AM
Roger Morris said...Liberals and respectable conservatives agree there is this RACE problem. They say this RACE problem will be solved when the third world pours into EVERY white country and ONLY into white countries.
The Netherlands and Belgium are more crowded than Japan or Taiwan, but nobody says Japan or Taiwan will solve this RACE problem by bringing in millions of third worlders and quote assimilating unquote with them.
Everybody says the final solution to this RACE problem is for EVERY white country and ONLY white countries to “assimilate" with all those non-whites.
What if I said there was this RACE problem and this RACE problem would be solved only if hundreds of millions of non-blacks were brought into EVERY black country and ONLY into black countries?
How long would it take anyone to realize I’m not talking about a RACE problem. I am talking about the final solution to the BLACK problem?
And how long would it take any sane black man to notice this and what kind of psycho black man wouldn’t object to it?
But if I tell that obvious truth about the ongoing program of genocide against my race, the white race, Liberals and respectable conservatives agree that I am a naziwhowantstokillsixmillionjews.
They say they are anti-racist. What they are is anti-white.
Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white.
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4-30-2010 @ 4:27AM
Roger Morris said...Liberals and respectable conservatives agree there is this RACE problem. They say this RACE problem will be solved when the third world pours into EVERY white country and ONLY into white countries.
The Netherlands and Belgium are more crowded than Japan or Taiwan, but nobody says Japan or Taiwan will solve this RACE problem by bringing in millions of third worlders and quote assimilating unquote with them.
Everybody says the final solution to this RACE problem is for EVERY white country and ONLY white countries to “assimilate” with all those non-whites.
What if I said there was this RACE problem and this RACE problem would be solved only if hundreds of millions of non-blacks were brought into EVERY black country and ONLY into black countries?
How long would it take anyone to realize I’m not talking about a RACE problem. I am talking about the final solution to the BLACK problem?
And how long would it take any sane black man to notice this and what kind of psycho black man wouldn’t object to it?
But if I tell that obvious truth about the ongoing program of genocide against my race, the white race, Liberals and respectable conservatives agree that I am a naziwhowantstokillsixmillionjews.
They say they are anti-racist. What they are is anti-white.
“Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white.”
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