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the ultimate minority-- or, 'quick, think of a new euphemism'

By Diogenes ( articles ) | Jun 11, 2010

Non-white babies accounted for 48.6% of all the births in the United States between July 2008 and July 2009, the Census Bureau reports. That figure was up 1.8% from the previous year. If the trend continues, this year, for the first time, the majority of American newborns will be from racial groups classified as "non-white."

In other words, minorities will be the majority. 

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Tue26 August
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Tuesday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time

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Some areas celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Częstochowa. According to tradition, the icon of Jasna Góra was painted by Luke the Evangelist on a tabletop built by Jesus himself, and the icon was discovered by St. Helen, mother of Emperor Constantine and collector of Christian relics in the Holy Land. The…

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