Demographics

According a press release from the US Census Bureau, found at http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/012496.html, minorities will be the majority by 2042. Here is what the rest of the article has to say:

"By 2050, the minority population — everyone except for non-Hispanic, single-race whites — is projected to be 235.7 million out of a total U.S. population of 439 million. The nation is projected to reach the 400 million population milestone in 2039."
The non-Hispanic white race population, is decreasing, while the Hispanic population is projected to nearly triple between 2008-2050 period. Its share of the nation’s total population is projected to double, from 15 percent to 30 percent. Thus, nearly one in three U.S. residents would be Hispanic.
The black population is projected to increase from 14 percent of the population in 2008, to 15 percent in 2050.
The Asian population is projected to climb from 5.1 percent to 9.2 percent.
"Among the remaining race groups, American Indians and Alaska Natives are projected to rise from 4.9 million to 8.6 million (or from 1.6 to 2 percent of the total population). The Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population is expected to more than double, from 1.1 million to 2.6 million. The number of people who identify themselves as being of two or more races is projected to more than triple, from 5.2 million to 16.2 million."

Moreover, "in 2050, the nation’s population of children is expected to be 62 percent minority, up from 44 percent today. Thirty-nine percent are projected to be Hispanic (up from 22 percent in 2008), and 38 percent are projected to be single-race, non-Hispanic white (down from 56 percent in 2008). "

Based on these projections, it simply doesn't make sense that we would continue in our traditional eurocentric path of education. This does not mean eliminating European or white literature and history from courses, but rather reframing the focus of education and teaching from multiple perspectives.