America’s Perfect Storm

A perfect storm is brewing! The browning of America is here, but the country is unprepared morally, socially, or spiritually. By contrast, it fears demography, fighting it tooth and nail. Rather than integrate and accommodate, the nation is rapidly dissipating into apartheid. Demographic shifts are overwhelming White America. Reversion to the past is current policy.

Meanwhile, disparities facing nonwhites are increasing. This is not only evident in housing, but also in public health, educational achievement, and a rising wealth gap. Access to equity is being thwarted, now evident in voting, redlining, public vigilance, and human rights violations.

Year 2011 marked the first time in U.S. history where more nonwhite babies were born than white babies, with public schools now representing a majority nonwhite student population, and where the country will assuredly be nonwhite midcentury. Anglo-Americans are not replacing their numbers, representing a decades-old decline in population. Racially, this century will be rather different from any other.

Bold leadership and more effective approaches are imperative to redress racism while striving toward equity. To attain greater heights, policymakers must shed past remnants to ensure that higher levels of equity, educational excellence, and social justice are achieved. …for more information.