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Sometime between 2040 and 2045, the Latino, African-American, Asian and Native American populations will exceed that of whites in the United States.

Minorities will become the majority, and whites will become a minority. 

What will it mean for our politics, our identity, racial equality and social justice? What will change, and what will stay the same?

Listen in as the Counter Stories crew tries to anticipate what our not too distant future might look like.

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Sometime between 2040 and 2045, the African-American, Latino, Asian and Native American populations will exceed that of whites in the United States.

Counter Stories: When whites become a minority

It's gonna happen.

Sometime in the vicinity of 2040, the African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian and Native American populations will exceed that of whites.

Minorities become the majority. 

What does this mean for our politics, our identity, racial equality and social justice?

Listen in as the Counter Stories crew tries to anticipate what our not too distant future might be like.

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Counter Stories: When whites become a minority

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