<p>I suspect it is coming sooner than that, but perhaps that is because I am in the west.
<a href=“http://www.policymic.com/articles/87359/national-geographic-concludes-what-americans-will-look-like-in-2050-and-it-s-beautiful”>http://www.policymic.com/articles/87359/national-geographic-concludes-what-americans-will-look-like-in-2050-and-it-s-beautiful</a></p>
<p>And what will these babies be called?
Its Dothraki for queen
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<p>Perhaps it may reset expectations of what the “normal American racial/ethnic composition” is.</p>
<p>Where students and parents on these forums have expressed or implied preferences for college racial/ethnic composition, they tend to prefer:
- enough presence of their own race/ethnicity (thought the threshold for “enough” varies), and
- the majority or plurality race/ethnicity is either their own or white</p>
<p>If that is the case, then colleges which care about their students’ racial/ethnic composition, for the purposes of being attractive to future students and alumni donors, may use admission policy to try to get sufficient numbers of each racial/ethnic group (other than very small ones) while maintaining at least a white plurality, although they will not be transparent about it if they do.</p>
<p>But if the increasing population of multiracial/ethnic Americans, and the declining white population, changes such expectations, then student and parent preferences and college admission policies in this area may change.</p>
<p>America is going to be so beautiful.</p>
<p>I don’t know why, but something about this just kind of bugs me. The “average” person? I think one of the cool things about America is just how diverse we are. I don’t really want us all to start looking the same. I have no issue with interracial marriage/unions (technically the product of an interracial union). </p>
<p>The woman sure is beautiful though. </p>
<p>Personally, I think America is pretty beautiful already.
I am fine with cultures blending naturally, but I also value enclaves similar to what Little Italy used to be in NYC, and miss the Scandinavian influence my neighborhood used to have which was replaced by high end hamburger joints & tapas bars.</p>
<p>According to the article, 9 million people claimed to be two-or-more races in 2010. That is less than 3% of the US population. How does the author get from that figure to the implication that the majority of Americans will be of mixed race 40 years later?</p>
<p>^ Increasing trend in interracial marriages. </p>
<p>I wonder how accurate that projection would be considering something like 40% of children are born out of wedlock right now.</p>
<p>In my immediate family ( children & my siblings- which is only five people), there are two interracial partnerships, only one so far has children.
With increase in climate change, darker skin should be an advantage.
I wonder how long it will take manufacturers of " flesh" colored products to adapt.
Although as a redhead with ivory skin, nothing was ever my skintone anyway.</p>
<p>I don’t really think that’s a big influence… we know the races of children whether they’re born to married parents or not. </p>
<p>I still think it’s sensationalized though. </p>
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<p>Only if it gets hotter, right? Light skin works better for cold climes, I understand.</p>
<p>Warmth seems to be the trend, what with increase in ocean temps & glaciers melting.</p>
<p>It’s more interracial relationships that are on a rise. Whether the parents are married or not does not have the influence you’re expecting, Bay. The children are still born. </p>
<p>Too often we fail to correctly predict the future. Despite that fact, this story is interesting and encouraging. </p>
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What influence and what do you think I was I expecting??</p>
<p>My point was that using the trend in percentage of interracial marriages as the predictor of how America will look in 40 years doesn’t make a lot of sense, if most children (according to trends in that arena) are not even born into marriages. If there is a trend in interracial biological parenting, then that should be stated.</p>
<p>I thought the emphasis was on what upcoming generations of Americans will look like.
Not only is there an increase in interracial births, but international adoptions is still a thing.</p>
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<p><a href=“Explaining Why Minority Births Now Outnumber White Births | Pew Research Center”>http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/05/17/explaining-why-minority-births-now-outnumber-white-births/</a></p>
<p>Adopting a child of another race doesn’t make that child interracial. Nor does marrying a Hispanic necessarily if you are white, nor does having someone of a different race marry or be adopted into your family make anyone interracial. </p>
<p>Plus, there will be millions of single-race immigrants into this country over the next 40 years that have to be factored in. </p>
<p>I don’t doubt that mixed-race Americans are increasing in number, I just don’t see much credible support for the idea that most of America will be mixed-race in 40 years. </p>
<p>I looked at some critique articles on “What Americans Will Look Like in 2050”, and some of them are quite comical. I won’t link them, but if interested, take a look yourself. </p>
<p>Perhaps, this gives a more accurate look on what American might be: [America</a> in 2050 - Strength in Diversity](<a href=“http://www.newgeography.com/content/001466-america-2050-strength-diversity]America”>America in 2050 -- Strength in Diversity | Newgeography.com)
I’m sure this has been seen before given that it was published in 2010. </p>
<p>Adopting a child of another race doesn’t make that child interracial
No duh.
But it does make the family interracial and indicates changing what a community looks like.
As many adoptive families are interested in reinforcing their childrens birth heritage, they may bring that exposure to communities that were previously homogenous.</p>