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“The most important misapprehension about American politics is the idea of an inevitably rising demographic majority for the Democratic Party. That idea says that nonwhite voters and young people are more likely to vote for Democrats than Republicans. And so as portions of those populations grow, Democrats will gain and retain a natural political majority. The significant movement toward the Republican Party and Donald Trump in the 2020 election shows us that idea is really wrong. Richard Alba, who is one of the leading sociologists of demography and ethnic identity in the world, argues that even the idea of a rising nonwhite majority is a mistake. Most likely, a large share of Latinos will start to consider themselves to be white in a larger sense. Alba says there is going to be a new American mainstream, which is much more inclusive than today, and that this will radically change how we think about ethnicity and race relations in the country.” Read more...
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