Columnist Teri Sforza writes that America the melting pot continues to bubble and brew, and California is, of course, on the front burner.
America the melting pot continues to bubble and brew, and California is, of course, on the front burner., and data from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals that the number Golden Staters claiming heritage of two or more races has more thanThe statewide average of folks claiming multi-racial heritage was up 217%, and was even greater locally.
Hawaii had the most people claiming multi-racial heritage, at 25%. California ranked No. 5, at 14.6%, behind New Mexico, Texas and Florida. Mississippi had the least number of mixed-race people, at 3.7%.“California only continues to grow more multi-ethnic and multiracial. Latino and Asian American communities are driving the state’s population growth, and these communities will only grow more important in the state’s politics and economy.
In the rather fractured political landscape where we find ourselves, this may be seen as a threat by a certain sliver of the population. We’ll remind those folks of the metaphor that has defined America for hundreds of years.It means that the many different people who make the U.S. home are like metals melting together, transforming into an even stronger alloy.
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