Minority Population In America

When people think of the United States of America they think of a country of a majority of whites. However, the U.S. which is believed to be a majority white country is changing whether some people like it or not. This country is full of immigrants and the number of of these immigrants is increasing. These races that were seen as minorities are gaining in number. Minorities in America are slowly becoming the majority. Some whites are concerned with this realization because they cannot fathom not being the majority anymore. This change has a domino effect. There is an increase of these immigrants which causes there to be more marriages of different races. Which can cause more babies to be born with that same race or multirace. This increase …show more content…
This is one of the causes of minority population increase. At least nine states in 2010 had over 50 percent of the minority population were children (Frey). Since there are many children, that means in years to come there will be lots of interracial marriages and dating. This gives more of a probability that more babies will be produced. An article by Gretchen Livingston, found that many mixed-race babies don’t live with their parents. This means that interracial marriages aren’t the only thing bring the change, it is also interracial dating. In the US in 2014, “ 87 percent of Mexican immigrants were of working age (18 to 64)” (Zong). So the majority of immigrants are at the age where they could be married or have children. In addition, there was data collected that said that for every 36 babies that were American, 44 foreign babies were born (Zong). That means that immigrants are producing more babies than Americans do. In relation, the immigrant population continues to increase do to the pregnancy rate. The pregnancy rate is very important to keep the cultures of the immigrant alive but for Americans it could mean trouble since their population in decreasing. But this change will give children the opportunity to experience different cultures. It will better the US socially because there will most likely not be a divide in races anymore. Americans will no longer be seen as the …show more content…
Today, immigrants are desired to work on US farms and do other jobs for low pay. As the population of immigrants increases, some Americans will be out of a job. However others seem to think that even with the increase in immigrants, American jobs will not be in jeopardy. Then, “whites share of the electorate is predicted to fall to 46 percent in 2060 from 69 percent this year”(Chokshi). That means that the people who are going to vote for an American president, will be elected by people of immigrant descent. America’s government could potentially become better or worse with the different views of these immigrants. They have different experiences and knowledge than some Americans who have lived in the US all their lives. For example, many immigrants didn’t want Trump to become president this year. If they had a greater population than whites, then Trump probably wouldn't have become president. Especially because Trump “has proposed deporting 11 million undocumented immigrants and building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border” (Holbrook). Obviously, these immigrants don’t want their loved one to be taken away and sent back to their country. Some of them don’t have anywhere that they would stay or know of anyone in the country. The election would have definitely had a different outcome if the immigrant or multiracial population was greater than the whites’ population. However, the immigrant population will increase