Economic Inequality In The United States

Fueled by immigration and high rates of birth, particularly among Hispanics and Asians, racial and ethnic minorities are now growing more rapidly in numbers than whites. According to the Census the White majority in the United States will be gone by 2043 (Kayne). For the first time minority birth rate surpasses the white birth rate in the United States. The “minorities” will soon become a majority at the current birth rates and immigration rate. The United States needs to take the steps in preparing for the changes large demographic shifts such as the shift we are currently experiencing will foresee economically, socially, and politically. Overt discrimination is now socially and legally unacceptable in the U.S. The majority of what is considered to be economic underclass are minorities. When the economic underclass becomes the majority, the American Dream is doomed. There is a large gap between the filthy rich and the pathetically poor and the issue at hand should not be to evenly distribute the wealth between the “haves” and the “have-nots” but to see the long term effect of the economically …show more content…
With jobs decreasing and large amounts of immigration it is harder for the legal Americans to find jobs in their own country. Immigrants will often take jobs that most do not want, work longer hours, of work for less pay. Immigrants rarely understand that conditions in the United States will decrease if immigration continues. The United States is only as good as the citizens have made it. The hard work of our founding fathers and political leaders over the years should not be compromised because everyone wants a piece of the pie. The success of the United States is for citizens of the United States to celebrate and enjoy. Illegal immigration needs to be stopped now, if it's not already too

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