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U.S. - White

• Pops that have grown since 1960
• African American
• Hispanic
• Asian
• Minority pops exceed white pop.
• Hawaii
• California
• New Mexico
• Texas
• More females than males
• Focus on discrimination against African American because they have suffered the longest
• Large pop.- 14% of all American people
• Most of gains have been made by African Americans
• In 1600s, nearly 1mil Native Americans. By 1900- 250,000.
• Indian Education Act of 1972 attempted to fix lives of Native Americans and failed
• Hispanic is the largest group- 50 million in the US
• Four main subgroups: Mex. Americans, Puerto, Cuban, Central/South 'Merican