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(CNN)Cutting taxes for the rich helps the poor. There is no such thing as a Republican or a Democratic judge. Climate change is a hoax.
Some political myths refuse to die despite all evidence the contrary. Here's another:
When White people are no longer a majority, racism will fade and the US "will never be a White country again."[1]
This myth was reinforced recently when the US Census' 2020 report revealed that people who identify as White alone declined for the first time[2] since the Census began in 1790. The majority of Americans under 18 are now people of color, and people who identity as multiracial increased[3] by 276% over the last decade.
These Census figures seemed to validate a common assumption: The US is barreling toward becoming a rainbow nation around 2045, when White people are projected[4] to become a minority.
That year has been depicted as "a countdown to the White apocalypse," and "dreadful"[5] news for White supremacists." Two commentators even predicted[6] the US "White majority will soon disappear forever." It's now taken as a given that the "Browning of America"[7] will lead to the erosion of White supremacy.
I used to believe those predictions. Now I have a different conclusion:
Don't ever underestimate White supremacy's ability to adapt.
The assumption that more racial diversity equals more racial equality is a dangerous myth. Racial diversity can function as a cloaking device, concealing the most powerful forms of White supremacy while giving the appearance of racial progress.
Racism will likely be just as entrenched in a browner America as it is now. It will still be White supremacy, with a tan.
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[1]https://www.chicagoreporter.com/the-us-white-majority-will-soon-disappear-forever
[2]https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/08/12/census-data-race-ethnicity-neighborhoods
[3]https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/15/us/census-2020-multiracial-nation/index.html
[4]https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2018/03/14/the-us-will-become-minority-white-in-2045-census-projects
[5]https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/15/opinion/united-states-census-white.html
[6]https://www.chicagoreporter.com/the-us-white-majority-will-soon-disappear-forever
[7]https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2018/03/14/the-us-will-become-minority-white-in-2045-census-projects
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