Commentary: U.S. demographics are shifting but we're all Americans

This man, born to immigrant parents, knows how hard it was to live between the two worlds. But he is an American and says assimilation will continue and immigrants will all become Americans too.   - - Donna Poisl

from MARCOS BRETON, The Sacramento Bee

The U.S. Census Bureau says I won't be a minority in California within three years, if not sooner. It also said last week that for the first time in American history, minority births have surpassed white births.

"The United States has reached a historic tipping point – with Latino, Asian, mixed-race and African American births constituting a majority of births for the first time," wrote the Associated Press.

"Minorities made up about 2 million, or 50.4 percent, of the births in the 12-month period ending July 2011, enough to create the milestone."

I've been waiting for this day for years. Truth be told, I turned my back on the "minority" distinction a long time ago and buried years of negative emotion in the process.
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