Projections of the future are calculated on the assumption that present trends will continue. Such projections are useful in order to consider the likely outcome of current policies. Present trends, however, don't have to continue, especially if it's decided that they ought to be changed. And present trends can be changed.

What about the present trends driving the drastic demographic changes of the U.S. population? The nation's historical white majority is being driven into minority status. Is that a good thing? Is it really the best future for our country? Will the loss of the white majority really make this a better country, a more efficient country, a more just country? Will it still be the same country?

How will this massive demographic change affect relations between non-white groups? Will black Americans really be better off if whites are no longer the majority? Will American Indians be better off? How will future relations between Hispanics and Asian-Americans be? If whites become a minority, will it then be considered acceptable for them to fight for their own interests? There are many factors to be considered.

A new projection now has it that whites will become a minority in 2044, thirty years from now: