Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
Don't start. First he was not black enough to win black support, then he was too black 'cause of his crazy preacher, then he was Kenyan, then he was Indonesian, then he was one of a hundred variations on "the other," including a hard-core subset of folks who wanted the mixed-race boy to show his papers.

Every racial epithet, threat, benefit and hurt has been explored with our current President. If there's anyone who isn't exhausted by it, they either have endless patience for the topic of race or they slept through '08.
All too true. It is also rather annoying to those of us who have zero concern for his ethnic/racial/melanin/food preference background and far more concern with his outlook, attitude, and policies. I take a bash at the man's policies and it is far too easy for someone to label me "racist" rather than try to counter my point. Quite galling at times.

Ah well, you are correct that race is something of an "idee fixe" for the Americas still. King's Dream will not be fulfilled in my lifetime, sad to say.

As to growth rates, if I recall correctly, the number one in the USA is hispanic, mixed parentage second and East Asiatic third -- though it has been a while since a read some demographics on that.