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Justin Gest, "Majority, Minority"

After Words

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What Is Whitenessin the United States?

The census bureau asks about race in two ways. Te first ask people, are u i spanic or latino? And then it asks you, what is your race, or your white, black, et cetera. For the purposes of this race question, e hispanis are not a race that has had some really interesting outcomes. About 60 % of us, latinos a self identify as white. So from the purposes of understanding a majority minority milestone, it is totally possible that we could see the postponement of that majority minority milestone if enough white hespanics identify more as white than as hispanic.

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