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Damn the ‘Tino’s are selling out. SMH. The Ethnicity vs. Race issue is rearing up again thanks to the latest census data which shows whites are up by 6% thanks to Latinos who identify as such. The white population in the U.S. is growing – thanks to Hispanics. So say the latest census figures, which found a big jump in the number of Hispanics who listed themselves as white on the 2010 census forms. Those forms specifically stated that Hispanic is an ethnicity, not a race. The result was a sudden six percent increase in white Americans. “It really surprises me, that is a significant shift,” said Claudio Remeseira, a Columbia University professor and editor of “Hispanic New York: A Sourcebook.” “In general, most Latinos tend to think of themselves as white. But the issue of how Latinos identify themselves by race has always been complicated.” For example, most Dominican immigrants – even dark-skinned Dominicans – would say they are white “because they have historically perceived themselves as not black” like their neighbors in Haiti, Remeseira said. In all, the number of people in the “white alone” category jumped by 12.1 million over the last decade to 223.6 million, the census showed. Whites now represent 72% of the U.S. population and account for nearly half of the total population increase since 2000. Take out the Hispanics, however, and whites account for 64% of the population, according to the figures. They were 69% of the population just a decade ago. Hispanics continue to be the nation’s fastest growing group. The percentage that identified themselves as white jumped in the past decade from 48% to 53%. The portion that marked “some other race” dropped from 42% to 37%. Also, for the first time, the largest group of multiracial Americans are like President Obama – half black, half white. “There is no question that racial lines are blurring in the United States, said William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution. “Strong gains in interracial marriages and higher mixed-race identification among youth suggest that past racial categories will need to be radically changed or even dispensed with in the next two or three decades.” This race business is so tricky isn’t it? And crazy how the Haiti vs. DR issue immediately comes up. Do you see nothing wrong with Latinos identifying as White, or do you think it’s just plain ol’ denial? Source

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Hoy In Mi Gente News: White Population Growing Because More Latinos Check White On Census