As a fellow Hispanic born in the 90s, I've anticipated my demographic itching to "white" the same way Italians did a century ago. When I mentioned this to classmates back in college, I was called white supremacist.
I stand by it. Race and ethnic markers in an increasingly globalized world will make less and less sense. I'll keep this in mind when I see how my future grandkids characterize themselves.
Since the majority of Americans are white, and a larger majority at least 50% European ancestry, random pairing would result in a phenotypically European looking population in about two generations. Americans would look more like southern Europeans than Northern Europeans, but not like Kamala Harris. In the absence of further immigration, visibly black and Asian American populations would vanish. Racism as such would no longer exist, but a lot would be lost, as well. Paradoxically, we would become a country entirely without racial diversity.
If you look at Brazil, where rates of inter-racial marriage (indigenous, African, portugese) OR sex have been very high, you actually just get a new skin-tone pecking order with fine gradations...as in tanned vs. pale...the human predilection is impossible to get rid of...we can only catch ourselves.
Yes. My thought experiment was about random pairing, which would never happen in reality - even if people chose spouses “color-blind,” regional differences would persist, and in practice no one is truly colorblind. Colorism (endemic in Africa as well) replaces racism.
Something like this happened in Argentina, where a substantial Afro descended minority intermarried into the white majority. The population of visibly black Argentinians today is minuscule.
Most European ancestry Americans have no problem with their children marrying interacially,and if they do they would be pressured to admit otherwise in public.That doesn't apply to that scale to Indians /Koreans/Japanese/Mexicans and other minorities with a stronger sense of community.If only 'white ppl can be racists'(cuz they are a majority)and are therefore pressured not to be,then less white ppl might lwad to more racism,not less.
If multiracial people increase as population would they adopt the anti racists ideals "white" people do?Because racism is sth ppl have to be educated out of,but some people only apply threat to the majority in America
As a fellow Hispanic born in the 90s, I've anticipated my demographic itching to "white" the same way Italians did a century ago. When I mentioned this to classmates back in college, I was called white supremacist.
I stand by it. Race and ethnic markers in an increasingly globalized world will make less and less sense. I'll keep this in mind when I see how my future grandkids characterize themselves.
fascinating. Thanks so much sharing!
Since the majority of Americans are white, and a larger majority at least 50% European ancestry, random pairing would result in a phenotypically European looking population in about two generations. Americans would look more like southern Europeans than Northern Europeans, but not like Kamala Harris. In the absence of further immigration, visibly black and Asian American populations would vanish. Racism as such would no longer exist, but a lot would be lost, as well. Paradoxically, we would become a country entirely without racial diversity.
If you look at Brazil, where rates of inter-racial marriage (indigenous, African, portugese) OR sex have been very high, you actually just get a new skin-tone pecking order with fine gradations...as in tanned vs. pale...the human predilection is impossible to get rid of...we can only catch ourselves.
Yes. My thought experiment was about random pairing, which would never happen in reality - even if people chose spouses “color-blind,” regional differences would persist, and in practice no one is truly colorblind. Colorism (endemic in Africa as well) replaces racism.
Something like this happened in Argentina, where a substantial Afro descended minority intermarried into the white majority. The population of visibly black Argentinians today is minuscule.
Most European ancestry Americans have no problem with their children marrying interacially,and if they do they would be pressured to admit otherwise in public.That doesn't apply to that scale to Indians /Koreans/Japanese/Mexicans and other minorities with a stronger sense of community.If only 'white ppl can be racists'(cuz they are a majority)and are therefore pressured not to be,then less white ppl might lwad to more racism,not less.
If multiracial people increase as population would they adopt the anti racists ideals "white" people do?Because racism is sth ppl have to be educated out of,but some people only apply threat to the majority in America
Human history would suggest - ‘no’ it’s common to be OK with one pairing and not with others…Look at Mitch McConnell…