U.S. Children Under 5 Nearly Half 'Minority'

And the Hispanic portion is far and away the fastest growing. This could only be good news to Mexicans glad to see their poorer countrymen head up north. Or to a hopelessly befuddled Brookings scholar.

William H. Frey, a demographer with the Brookings Institution, predicted that the United States will have "a multicultural population that will probably be more tolerant, accommodating to other races and more able to succeed in a global economy."

A more asinine statement is hard to imagine. I have news for you Mr. Frey - the only place you're going to find even the concept - never mind the actual practice - of tolerance and accommodation to minority groups is among whites in America and Europe. You sure as hell aren't going to find it in Latin America, where most countries are ruled by a minority white population, and one's place in society is positioned along a continuum of skin color. While actually thinking about the nonsense he's spewing may be too much to ask of a Brookings fellow, Udolpho could manage to find some clear evidence of how Mexicans in America think of the white folk around them.
But even if you could forgive his multi-culti sentimentality, how in God's name does he conclude that such a society will be more competetive economically? Because most workers will be dirt poor working for slave wages and so the Chinese will be happy to build factories here? Or is he really is trying to say that an America that has more Latinos will be more productive? Does he know of some Latin American country that's secretly an economic powerhouse beneath a veneer of impoverishment and corruption? Yet he's capable of seeing some real problems ahead:

There could be increased competition for money and power, he added: "The older, predominantly white baby-boom generations will need to accommodate younger, multiethnic young adults and child populations in civic life, political decisions and sharing of government resources" in places such as the Washington suburbs.

That's true, because the 'multiethnic young adults' won't be able to carry their own load, never mind pay the taxes to support retiring gringos.

William O'Hare, a senior fellow at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, said he is not sure the country is prepared to provide the extra help that immigrants' children often need to become well-educated workers and the future supporters of retirement programs for a predominantly white elderly population. Some Americans, he said, will not welcome the news that minorities are nearly the majority among young children."Part of the people will see this and say, 'Gee, these kids are really our future parents and workers, and we need to take care of them,' " O'Hare said. "The other would say it is time to send them all home."

In other words, some Americans are naive beyond redemption while others can see the handwriting on the wall.