The USA is developing a stark generation gap between aging white Baby Boomers and a young, growing minority population, according to U.S. Census data released today.
The minority population increased 2.3% to 104.6 million from mid-2007 to July 1, 2008, or just over one-third of the total population, the Census Bureau reported.
It should be noted that “Hispanic” lumps together quite different ethnic groups with different heritages, cultures, and traditions, as does “Asian Pacific” and often “Non-Hispanic White.” The census and our bureaucracy (with a nod to Kendall’s other post) ill serve us without attempting to further clarify what these terms do and do not represent. GIGO is seemingly becoming the forgotten acronym as the Information Age wears on.
GIGO has been pronounced normative. The bureaucracy continues to metastasize as we write these comments.