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For years, Jorge DelPinal’s job as assistant chief of the Census Bureau’s Po
For years, Jorge DelPinal’s job as assistant chief of the Census Bureau’s Po
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2023-11-11
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For years, Jorge DelPinal’s job as assistant chief of the Census Bureau’s Population Division was to fit people into neat, distinct racial and ethnic boxes: white, black, Hispanic, Asian or Native American. As the son of an Anglo mother and a Hispanic father, however, he knew all along that the task was not always possible.
The face of America is changing—literally. As President Clinton has said, within 30 or 40 years, when there will be no single race in the majority in the United States, "we had best be ready for it. " For his part, Clinton is preparing for that time by talking about racial tolerance and the virtues of multiculturalism. Others are debating immigration policy. Almost all discussion focuses on the potential divisiveness inherent in a nation that is no longer a predominantly white country with a mostly European ancestry.
But afoot behind the scenes is another trend that, if handled carefully, could bring the country closer together rather than drive it apart. This quiet demographic counter-revolution is a dramatic upsurge in intermarriage.
Veteran demographer Barry Edmonston’s study projected that by 2050, 21 percent of the US population will be of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry, up from an estimate of seven percent today. Among third-generation Hispanic and Asian Americans, exogamy—marriage outside one’s ethnic group or tribe—is at least 50 percent, he and others estimate. Exogamy remains much less prevalent among African Americans, but it has increased enormously, from about 1. 5 percent in the 1960s to 8 to 10 percent today.
Such a profound demographic shift could take place while no one was watching because, officially, no one was watching. Federal agencies traditionally collected racial data using a formula—one person, one race—similar to the time-honored voting principle. Thus, the Census Bureau could estimate that on census forms no more than two percent of the population would claim to be multiracial. In the absence of a more straightforward count, no one could know for sure what the demographics are.
Meanwhile, in the absence of official numbers, with the heightened tension surrounding racial issues, and with the mutual suspicion that exists among competing racial and ethnic interest groups, there’s little agreement on what intermarriage will mean for US society in the future.
Some sociologists call Asian-white and Hispanic-Anglo intermarriage simply the latest addition to the melting pot that, since the start of this century, has fused so many Irish, Italian , German and other families of European origin. But despite the rise in black-white marriage, many doubt that African Americans will be included in this mix.
Ramona Douglass, President of the Association of MultiEthnic Americans, enthused, " We’re living proof that people with two different races or ethnic backgrounds can live together in harmony, that(interracial)families actually do function. " Douglass’s mother is Italian-American, and her father is a multiracial blend of African American and Native American.
Of course, many portray intermarriage as gradual genocide that will culminate in the disappearance of their particular group. That was the traditional view of the Jewish community, which throughout history closely guarded its small numbers from loss through assimilation. But the very high rate of Jewish out-marriage since World War II has caused an official rethinking among the progressive elements of American Judaism. These groups still encourage marriage within the faith, but instead of shunning those who do marry non-Jews, they are now courting these intermarried couples. [br] What can we learn from the passage?
选项
A、It’s scientific to classify people into different groups according to their races.
B、The government didn’t pay enough attention on the issue of demographic shift.
C、The definite population of interethnic American is known.
D、The growing rate of interethnic Americans accelerates in recent years.
答案
B
解析
推理题。[A]讲到按种族将公民分类的问题,与文章开头所讲的“人口普查局官员表示按种族划分公民是不可行的”内容不符;[B]、[C]都涉及政府相关部门的工作,根据第五段第一句“Such a profound demographic shift could take placewhile no one was watching because,officially,no one was watching”可以判断,政府对于种族变化问题重视不够,故[B]正确;根据本段最后一句“In the absence of a morestraightforward count,no one could know for sure what the demographics are.”可知,目前并没有种族构成的具体数据,排除[C];[D]”异族通婚近年来增长速度加快了”在文中并没有提到。
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