In a few decades America IS gonna have a Non-White majority….

By the numbers: Since 2010, non-Hispanic white people have become the minority in 32 more U.S. counties — for a total of 372 counties, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. The trends are largely due to a rise in Hispanic and Asian immigrants as well as slightly higher birth rates among non-whites.

• Next year, the entire under 18 population will be majority non-white, according to William Frey, a Brookings Institution demographer and author of “Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics are Remaking America.”
• In less than a decade, the population under 30 will be majority non-white.

The demographic shifts are already having an impact on our national identity, politics and the generational gap, according to sociologists and demographers who have studied the trends.

National identity: The U.S. has made significant strides toward structurally equal rights, but in practice, there’s still a long way to go.

• There’s been renewed racial tension and anti-immigrant sentiment over the past few years. White Americans often feel threatened by growing diversity, according to research by Jennifer Richeson, a social psychologist at Yale University.
• A recent Pew Research Center survey found that 59% of Republicans and 46% of whites said a majority non-white population will weaken American culture.

“[We] have to come up with a narrative that realizes and accepts that the U.S. is an immigrant nation… We’re denying that,” says Monica Toft, a professor of international politics at Tufts University.

• It’s also important for diversifying communities to ensure equal rights for all people and have an inclusive identity so they can thrive, says George Mason University’s Justin Gest, who has studied nations and states that have become majority minority.

Politics: One big problem is that politicians capitalize on polarization….

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