How New Racial Demographics Are Remaking AmericaPosted in Audio, Census/Demographics, Economics, Interviews, Latino Studies, Media Archive, Politics/Public Policy, Social Science, United States on 2015-01-06 00:23Z by Steven |
How New Racial Demographics Are Remaking America
The Diane Rehm Show
WAMU 88.5 FM
Washington, D.C.
2015-01-05
Diane Rehm, Host
Mark Hugo Lopez, Director of Hispanic Research
Pew Research Center
Jim Tankersley, Economic Policy Correspondent
The Washington Post
William Frey, Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program (author of Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics Are Remaking America)
Brookings Institution
Jamelle Bouie, Staff writer covering politics, policy, and race
Slate
America is becoming a country with no racial majority. In 2009, for the first time in U.S. history, more minority than white babies were born in a year. Soon, most American children will be racial minorities. The nation’s diversity surge played a key role in Barack Obama’s election as president. Many see these trends as necessary as a much-needed younger minority labor force is already boosting an aging baby boom population. But challenges loom, including clashes over public resources, overcoming a cultural generation gap, and fears over losing privileged status. Diane and her guests discuss how new racial demographics are remaking America.
Listen to the show (00:51:40) here.