The Browning of America

http://www.essence.com/2012/05/22/preparing-for-the-browning-of-america/

I looked at an article from the magazine, Essence. What this article is talking about is the "browning of America." This term refers to the fact that "minorities" are slowly but surely becoming the majority. According to a recent US census, most babies under the age of 1 were kids of color. Although it may not seem like a big deal, it actually is. We need to be careful because "the USA is being transformed by immigrants who do not share [American] values, and who have high rates of illiteracy, illegitimacy, and gang crime, and they will vote Democrat when the Democrats promise them more food stamps." Wow! Sounds scary, huh? Those darn people of color are ruining the United States and we need to prepare ourselves for what is to come. Aside from ignorant comments such as the one stated above, we are able to know for a fact that the United States is about to face a major change. Where the country always had a majority of white people, that majority may no longer exist. What was once the majority may become the minority. It will be interesting to see how the country reacts to such a change. To me, it does not really seem like a big deal because I am used to being around those of different racial and ethnic backgrounds and it surprises me a little bit that some people are really fearing what is to come. Hopefully this will make our country come together more than ever though.