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By TIM BOVEE
A .. o.,.d p,. .. Writ.,
WABHI GTON (AP) - The
Census Bureau predicts radical
shifts in the nation' racial and
ethnic balance that will chan
the face of America from the
classroom to Congress.
A udy j ued Tuesday by
tion' tistical a ney
rojects:
Hispani in !O 1 0 will
place Blacks as the nation's larg­
est minority group.
• Non-Hi panic whit will
barely cling to th ir majority
tatus.
• Asian Americans will triple
the number of their births from
today.
The Census Bure u report
showed minorities and the popu­
lation as a whole growing fa ter
than previously expected. A
maIler military abroad and
new birth, death and immigra­
tion information caused demog­
raphers to make the revisions.
THE BUREAU estimated
the U.S. population will reach
392 million by 2050. That' 52
percent more than the 258.7 mi I­
lion Americans today.
. Non-Hi panic whites' shar
. of the population will drop from
76 percent now to 68 percent in
2010 and 53 percent in 2050.
Their number will increase from
188.6 million to 205.8 million
For minoritie ,it will be mor
than half a century of growth:
• Hispanics, from their pr -
sent 9 perc n of the popu lation
to 14 percent in 2010 and 23
percent in 2050.
• Blacks, from 12 percent to­
day to ju t over 13 per ent in
2010 and 16 reen in 205 .
• ian Am rican I now 3
percent of h population, to 10
percent t mid- ntury. They
will remain the f test growing
racial group. .
• Am rican Indian , (rom a
little b 10 1 percent to slight ly
above 1 pereen . Although h ir
share barely changes, their
numbers will double from 2. 1
million to 4.3 million.
HI Ie ARE defined
by the • nsus Bureau an eth-
nic grou p, not ra. 'I ha
means th yin lude people f om
all the r ci I clas ifica I n
American Indians, Asian Amen­
cans, Blacks and whites. His­
panic Blacks, for exam pi , ar
expect i to I nupr is 1 It 1
percent ot th I) u l: '11'
2050.
The r port . aid births
counted for u two-third
the projected Hi p nic incr ;
immigration account .for the
t
Th numb r of ispanic
births will double by mid-cen­
tury, the 'nsus Bure u aid.
•
,
H' panic women now bear 2 9
children on average, the high
rate of any major ethnic or racial
group
The birth r te for non- H'
panic white worn n i 1.9.
Censu Bure u proj whi
births will declin until 2 1
and then start to incr
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BY SUSANNE M. SCHAFER
AP Military Wflter
•
. ost Latino citizen ho are
here say they feel it is important
to learn English," said Sonia
Perez, nior policy nalyst at
the National un il of Ram
an Hispani -inte t group "I
uggesta bil ngual edu tion be­
m more important."
Congress wi II find new issues
'on its legisla iveagenda because
. in th
"The m hroomin num
hou ld translate into a mu h
mor vigorous political clout,
with more . panic members of
'ongr " id Rep. Jose Ser-
n a New York Democrat and
der of th 011 ional His-
11 .aucus. "Thesearenotab­
ac numbers to us at all. They
re window into the future."
e
to
They' will participate in reno­
vating medi facilitie nd
roads, and con truct military
h rracks and training sites, the
-statement id
The . fore will be in a
"non-confrontational role," the
tatem nt added,
The US. commander of the
force will be Army Col. James
Pull y who will report to the
U.N. nvoy to Hai i, D nte
, Caputo, the Pentagon said.
'I'h for are expected to op-
erate in and round Port-au­
Prine
The U. . Security Council
has pproved the deployment of
om �,600 members of i m
sion.
Church leader
speak 0 t
against violence
During r nt tour of n
citie in South Afric , Worl
Council of 'hurch (WCC) Gen­
eral Sec tary Konrad Raiser
said t t h profoundly di
tur by he nsel viol
taking 1 th re and that th
ecurity for were, for mo t
peopl, ouree of fear and mi -
t \� trust that n ed restraint and
restructuring
Raiser was invited by th
South African Council of
Churches (SACC) and he
pledged increased commitment
by the wce to the estab­
lishment of a free and just de-
mocracy in South Africa
through voter education and
support of the Ecumenical moni­
toring program.
tion.
·1 have
ents who
enced r cial nd
discrimination nd ment
at th National Security A ney,
di crimination in job promo­
tions, nd u r pri Is for fil­
ing employm nt complaint ,.
the nator wrote.·Beca I
am extrem Iy concerned about
th allegations, 1 am king
an official inquiry.·
THE SA, based at Fort
Meade, is the nation' largest
and most secretive intelligence
agency. It has an estimated
88,000 to 52 000 employees,
OF THOSE AT the highest
pay grades, 2.45 percent are
Black compared with 4.8 per­
cent for the government as a
whole, the NSA said.
"The numbers really speak
for themselves," a Black intelli­
gence analyst said.
SARBANES ALSO joined in
the call for DeConcini' commit­
tee to review what he called •
rious llegatio . •
NSA officials m ith mem-
bers of" the Maryland congres-
ional delegation this month
and said they would rene ef­
forts to attract and promote
Black employ
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wo B ac e 0 I at
ada's Medica choo
Black. ,
"I'm pleased to see some. movement, b""t I'm.
not pleased at the rate of movement," he id.
"It till indicates to me they are nat willing �
take a chance on increasing the number ofB1ack
students."
I'm pleased to see some
movement, but I'm not pleased at
the rate of movement.
-Joe .....
NEAL '8 ILL following statistics from the
school showing that of the 813 students ac­
cepted from 1976 to 1992, only two had been
"If eight Black students applied, I have to
wonder why they weren't accepted," he said
adding that students don't usually apply �
medical school unless they are qualified .
Ms. Williams said the total number of stu­
dents applying to the school increases every
year, making the competition for admission in­
creasingly tough. But she added the school is
making an effort to get more minority tudents
interested in careers. in medicine.
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