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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED313303 AUTHOR: Baccus, R. Eileen
TITLE: The Emerging Minority Majority.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1989
NOTE: 13 p.
ABSTRACT: The United States is experiencing a major
demographic transformation. Some studies have projected
that by the year 2020, whites will be in the minority as
their number is surpassed by those of Indian, Asian,
African, and Spanish descent, to name a few. Educators must
make a major commitment to see that all students have the
opportunity to perform academically at a high level. There
will be barriers of color, language, culture, and attitude
that will be greater than any faced before as white and
minority students are joined by those from Thailand,
Vietnam, and other countries. The task will be not to lower
the standards but to increase the effort. To make this
effort will be to the direct benefit of all, as a new
generation of people become a part of the fabric of U.S.
life, adding the high level of energy and creativity
characteristic of groups making their way in the United
States. Their numbers are now so large that if they do not
succeed, all in the United States will have diminished
futures. Few businesses are prepared to face this
increasing cultural diversity. Managers must learn to value
workforce diversity and manage in a way designed to seize
the benefits that differences bring. (JB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Cultural-Pluralism; Multicultural
Education; Social-Science-Research; Sociocultural-Patterns
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Majority-Attitudes; *Minority-Group
Influences; *Minority-Groups; *Population-Trends; *Social
Change; *Social-Integration
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