We should expect a major backlash to wash over us as we approach the middle of this century. For a truly historic change is already baked into the demographic profile of the United States, a change that can be predicted with as much scientific certainty as warming in the atmosphere. In or about 2045, the white population will become a statistical minority. Because whites will continue to hold the balance of power politically and economically, ample opportunities will present themselves for demagogues to stoke fears of a looming apocalypse. Indeed, voices in this vein are already audible in
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