Herja has asked whether or not white Americans are concerned about being or being about to become a minority. The answer is: as far as I can see, they aren't.
The thing is, white Americans are not a minority, nor are about to become one anytime soon. They are about 75% of population, and are projected to drop slightly by 2042. The projection says that by 2042 the non-Hispanic whites will drop under 50% of the total population, but "non-Hispanic whites" are a rather artificial category.
To put it really bluntly, whites are usually concerned about blacks (more specifically about not being a minority anywhere where blacks are a majority) and the black population is not rising in any significant numbers. The Asian population is rising really fast, but I've never met anyone who'd be concerned about that. Lots of people are concerned about Hispanic immigration in the sense of it being a lot of poorly educated people who don't speak English; very few people regard English-speaking US-educated Hispanics as any kind of a threat.
Sunday, November 07, 2010
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Well, I wasn't really thinking that, I wanted to know is there a general belief in Finland (or Europe) that whites are already a minority or. It's just that I've heard people in Finland talk like whites are already a minority group ruling over a majority of swarthier americans.
Herja
This is absolutely not the case, but there are cities where whites are not the majority, and cities where whites are not even a plurality. Since Finnish tourists tend to visit cities, and since NYC, DC and Los Angeles are on that list, I can well understand understand where this belief comes from.
For the sortable list of the cities/race/ethnicity/foreigner/crime see http://www.izrailit.net/UScities_crime.html. Basically nonwhite cities tend to be either quite safe or quite dangerous.
"It's just that I've heard people in Finland talk like whites are already a minority group ruling over a majority of swarthier americans."
I'd guess that depends on whether the person you're talking to is a nuiva or not.
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