The Quote Below—More Misinformation from the Media
“Few documents better explain the United States’ increasingly ferocious politics — and reveal the stakes of the choices the nation’s leaders will make in the coming years — than the Census Bureau’s latest snapshot of the country, which the Commerce Department released last Thursday. The numbers depict a country that is ever less White and ever more reliant on native- and foreign-born Americans of color to sustain its growth. The nation’s politics increasingly revolve around how to react to these trends.
“This suggests a choice. The United States could capitalize on the advantages that come with being an open, expanding, innovative country that is increasingly diverse. Or the nation’s leaders could react to the declining demographic dominance of White Americans by fighting a rearguard action against ethnic and cultural change, . . . [with] many Republicans, eager to tap into the White anxiety about social change that propelled Mr. Trump, have embraced.
“The census found that the number of Americans who identify as White declined for the first time ever, to 191.7 million, as the birthrate fell and baby boomers aged. The nation hit 331.4 million people only because of non-White births and immigration. Hispanics now make up 18.7 percent of the country, accounting for half its population growth in the 2010s. The percentage of foreign-born Americans is at its highest point since the early 20th century. . . . As the birthrate falls, the nation needs more immigrants to fill the gap. . . ;
“Mr. Trump and others argue that immigrants depress labor standards and wages in the United States, and that they contribute to other social problems. In fact, economists have found that immigrants tend to be more innovative and entrepreneurial than native-born Americans . . . . There is only one rational way ahead: The United States must embrace immigrants if it is to remain the vibrant, wealthy society that the rest of the world has envied for so long. This calls for a strong legal immigration system that welcomes foreign talent and a politics that does not demonize the diverse communities that have become the nation’s lifeblood.” – The United States Can Embrace Immigration and Diversity—or Decline, Editorial Board, The Washington Post, 9/16/21 [Link]
Fact Check on Above Quote: The animus of this article against white Americans is barely concealed. Making whites a minority, it suggests, will usher in a wonderful future for our country. Talk about “demonizing” a community.
Is the success of America dependent on ever increased “diversity?” Mass immigration advocates endlessly repeat the lie that “diversity is our strength,” in hope that it eventually will turn into truth. It won’t. The massive demographic and cultural changes now going on in our country are clearly promoting national decline. Consider America during the middle twentieth century America, a time before the current wave of mass immigration began. It was a confident and united country, with vision and direction. Today, diversity is taking us to a chaos of hostile and contending voices. Assimilation of immigrants isn’t working because, increasingly, we can’t even agree on what assimilation means. Diversity is weakening the ties that bind us.
If mass immigration is so wonderful and enriching, we certainly would have seen this effect in California, the state with the highest percentage and number of immigrants. In fact, it shows just the opposite. Before mass immigration, California had a vibrant middle-class economy, outstanding schools and infrastructure, and wide-open spaces. Today, increasingly, it is overcrowded and dysfunctional, an economic dystopia with relatively few wealthy people at the top and lots of poor and near-poor at the bottom. Before mass immigration, Americans flocked to California. In recent years they have fled the state.
The argument that we need more immigrants to do jobs ignores the fact that automation. within the next decade or so, may fill almost 40 percent of jobs now done by people. This transition is moving steadily ahead. Contrary to the claim of this article, immigrants are not more entrepreneurial than Americans. Business ownership of natives and immigrants is about the same. Before mass immigration, we had all the talent we needed. The same applies today.
This article stresses the law birth rate of native-born Americans. Perhaps one reason for it is that many of them don’t think that a diverse America offers much of a future. That’s an excellent reason to oppose mass immigration and the diversity it brings.