MSNBC News Article

I thought this would be interesting to share with the class.
NBC News Article:
New Milestone: 1 in 6 US residents is Hispanic
In forth coming Census Bureau release, racial and ethnic minorities are expected to make up 90 percent of total US growth since 2000.
In a surprising show of growth, Hispanics accounted for more than half of the US population increase over the last decade, exceeding estimates in most states. Also, pulled by migration to the Sun Belt, America’s population center edged westward on a historic path to leave the Midwest. The Census Bureau will release its first set of national-level findings from the 2010 count on race and migration, detailing a decade in which rapid minority growth, aging whites and increased suburbanization were the predominant story lines. Racial and ethnic minorities are expected to make up an unprecedented 90 percent of the total US growth since 2000, due to immigration and higher birth rates for Latinos. Currently the fastest growing group, Hispanics are on track to exceed 50 million, or roughly 1 in 6 Americans; among US children, Hispanics are now roughly 1 in 4. The final figures come as states in the coming months engage in the contentious process of redrawing political districts based on population and racial makeup, with changes that analysts believe will result in more Hispanic-majority districts. The population changes will result in a shift of 12 House seats and electoral votes affecting 18 states beginning in the 2012 elections. Most of the states picking up seats, which include Texas and Florida, are Republican-leaning, even as most of their growth is now being driven largely by Democratic-leaning Hispanics.
Here are some responses to the article:
- Perhaps it’s time for our nanny-state gov’t to stop paying poor urban minorities to squirt out babies they can’t/won’t take care of.
- Support LEGAL immigration only.
- What proportion of this growth was basically illegal?
- Seems to me that the Americans are now a minority. Does that mean our kids can go for minority scholarships now? We pay full price at our own colleges and universities while all the education money goes to foreigners. Totally not fair when you see numbers like this. Wake up America!
- Is that accounting the illegal Hispanic immigrants also? I think not.
- Way to go asswipes!
- And the worst part of this is that for most of these Hispanics, rather than becoming part of American society they set up a parallel society within America with it’s own language and customs. Here in the west that means that they are responsible for most of the gang and drug culture.
- But are they Americans?
- Big surprise! They breed like rabbits and then we have to pay the cost. When we finally wake up to the real issue, it’s going to be too late. They will have taken over the USA!

The article goes on to state:
More than half of the cities with the largest African-American concentrations showed black population declines in the last decade, including Chicago and Detroit. In contrast, the suburbs of growing southern metro areas like Atlanta, Dallas and Houston saw some of their highest gains.
**Then there was a video titled “Black populations dropping in big cities.” It begins with a photo of a very young looking (teen), black female holding a toddler on her lap while sitting in a church. The caption reads “New census data shows many black Americans leaving major cities in greater numbers in favor of warmer climates and suburban amenities.”
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