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America is increasingly a racially and ethnically diverse country. It is host to people from every country in the world. In fact it has been said that American probably is the only country in the world which could send a native of every country in the world back to their country of origin as an ambassador. The point being that there are people from all over the world who are now living in America. The most numerous Americans are presently Whites, Hispanics, African Americans, Asians, and Native Americans. But noteworthy is the fact that the major groups of color: Asians, Hispanics, and African Americans are growing at rates faster than the White population. For example in 1960 these three groups made up roughly 20% of the population. By the year 2000, they were 30% of the population and by the middle of this century they are projected to make up half of the populace (U.S. Census Bureau, 2008). And despite the fact that significant racial segregation continues to exist, it is now common for different racial/ethnic group members to be neighbors.

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    Rafael J. Engel Ph.D.

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Davis, L.E., Engel, R.J. (2011). Generic Measures. In: Measuring Race and Ethnicity. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6697-1_5

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