![]() Her father was called ‘the most dangerous racist in America.’ She wants a different legacy for her son.Native Americans were already decimated by a virus.Black America is being hammered by a double pandemic.Coronavirus is bringing a plague of dangerous doomsday predictions.Am I racist? You may not like the answer.My stepmother is Chilean, and half of my siblings are Afro-Latino. My wife is an immigrant from Central America with a biracial mother and a White “ Ladino” father who was Jewish and Castilian. ![]() My family is a symbol of these demographic changes. I want to believe my country is on the verge of this Brown New World where there will be such a rich gumbo of skin hues, hair textures and racially ambiguous people that racism will lose its sting. I don’t like raising such a pessimistic scenario, in part for personal reasons. ![]() My personal stake in a multiracial America It will still be White supremacy, with a tan. Racism will likely be just as entrenched in a browner America as it is now. Racial diversity can function as a cloaking device, concealing the most powerful forms of White supremacy while giving the appearance of racial progress. The assumption that more racial diversity equals more racial equality is a dangerous myth. Now I have a different conclusion:ĭon’t ever underestimate White supremacy’s ability to adapt. That year has been depicted as “a countdown to the White apocalypse,” and “ dreadful” news for White supremacists.” Two commentators even predicted the US “White majority will soon disappear forever.” It’s now taken as a given that the “ Browning of America” will lead to the erosion of White supremacy. 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 to become a minority. New census figures show America is more diverse and multiracial than ever
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