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*Thirty-five years ago when I grew up in east Tennessee the only people I saw with tattoos were members of a motorcycle gang. I had to go to school on the other side of town to see white people, because only black people went to my church and lived in my neighborhood. When my teacher, [...]
*(Via Mercury News) – The term “Negro” is slated for elimination after several African-Americans took umbrage with the 2010 census question asking if a person was “black, African-American or Negro.” Oakland NAACP leader George Holland said the term wasn’t acceptable to him, but questioned its removal at a time when some older African-Americans still identify [...]
*The census has been an issue with America’s citizens for some time. There are those who duck the census because they believe that they will be reported to government agencies and find out information that they don’t want the government to know. But, even with those who give information willingly, the census has its own [...]
*Here is the way the Census Bureau summarizes the nation’s population trends in a report released last week: “The number of Hispanics and Asians is soaring, the number of blacks is growing slowly and whites are almost at a standstill.” As far as blacks are concerned, the report showed that over the past 10 years, [...]
*Hispanics now outnumber African-Americans for the first time in most U.S. metropolitan areas, shifting the political and racial dynamics in cities once dominated by whites and blacks. Census figures released Thursday highlight the growing diversity of the nation’s 366 metro areas, which were home to a record 83.7 percent share of the U.S. population. The [...]
*The U.S. Census Bureau released its final population count from the 2010 Census Thursday. And it shows population for Hispanics soaring while that for African Americans in slowing down. In fact, there are now roughly 13 million more Hispanics in America than Blacks. Here are the final 2010 figures: · Whites – 196.8 million · [...]
*There has been a lot of controversy over African American abortions and now the U.S. Census has shown one example of why. The results are in and if they are indeed accurate, African Americans have officially fallen off as being the second largest group of people in America. We have officially become a true minority and [...]
*The black population is declining in a growing number of major cities – more evidence that the settlement pattern of African Americans is changing as they disperse to suburbia and warmer parts of the nation. 2010 Census data released so far this year show that 20 of the 25 cities that have at least 250,000 [...]
*More and more it seems that the big city is just not making it anymore as far as African Americans are concerned and are either moving out or not moving in. This could affect African-American political power according to data from the first results of the U.S. Census Bureau’s population census. The population of the [...]
*There were 784,764 U.S. residents who described their race as white and black in the last census. But that number didn’t include Laura Martin, whose father is black and mother is white. “I’ve always just checked black on my form,” said Martin, a 29-year-old university employee in Las Vegas. She grew up surrounded by black [...]
*With four days left for people to return their census forms, Census Bureau director Robert Groves on Monday urged those in big cities and border regions to step up the response to avoid visits by census takers next month. So far, about 65 percent, or more than 77 million households, have completed and mailed back [...]
*Just in case there’s still any doubt, President Obama checked the “African American” box on the Census question about race. Obama, born of mixed heritage, is the son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas, giving him the opportunity to choose the “mixed race” option on the Census form However, [...]
*According to an analysis of Census Bureau data conducted by researchers at the University of New Hampshire, 2010 is on track to become the “tipping point” year when babies born to Black, Hispanic and Asian American women outnumber those born to white women. The analysis also confirmed previous projections that whites will become a minority [...]
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