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Originally Posted by rubber soul
If the statistics are right, whites will no longer be a majority by 2045 and that is freaking a lot of whites out. In 1980 nearly 80% of the US was white. Today that figure is at 57% thanks, in large part, to Hispanic immigration. The reasons minorities tend to lean Democrat is that the Republicans seem to want to make their lives miserable. Instead of trying to expand the base by pushing conservative values (and you'd be surprised at how many blacks and Hispanics are, in fact conservative. many Mexicans are devout Catholics for example (anti-abortion, etc.). Instead, they push for their deportation or wanting to the deny minorities basic rights that whites take for granted. Needless to say, many whites buy into that and fall into the Qanon trap. Anyway, it boils down to the demographics, or at least the alarmist version of that.
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The problem with this is that, increasingly, Hispanic people consider themselves white, and will be counted as white to maintain hegemony. This is not unprecedented in US History. In the early part of the 20th Century, USSJC cases were held about "who gets to be white." During that time, Cubans were extended "Whitehood" because of Cuba's history as a slave-holding nation. [It's a fact they were given white status, I can't prove it was because of Cuba's slave-holding legacy, but from everything I've read that is almost certain the reason.]
Also, look at who counted as white in various racist locations. In the U.S. where Whiteness was a given majority, any drop of non-black white blood meant "not white." But in regions where Whiteness was a minority, just as the British Caribbean, or South Africa a white parent meant you were included in the ruling class. Hispanics in the United States will be no different. It's already occurring.