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RandySF

(59,933 posts)
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 06:28 PM Jun 2018

Arizona Republican: Not enough white kids to go around.

“Sixty percent of public school children in the state of Arizona today are minorities. That complicates racial integration because there aren’t enough white kids to go around.”

— Arizona state Rep. David Stringer (R), quoted by the Phoenix New Times, adding that immigration is an “existential threat” to the United States.


https://politicalwire.com/2018/06/13/bonus-quote-of-the-day-967/




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Arizona Republican: Not enough white kids to go around. (Original Post) RandySF Jun 2018 OP
Hey, I know. We could implement forced busing again....this time from Norway. dameatball Jun 2018 #1
The statement is weasel-worded, but the implication that Arizona schools are flooded by immigrants struggle4progress Jun 2018 #2
Those children are your future, Arizonans. MineralMan Jun 2018 #3
the whole immigration crackdown is all about that RandomAccess Jun 2018 #4

struggle4progress

(118,379 posts)
2. The statement is weasel-worded, but the implication that Arizona schools are flooded by immigrants
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 07:13 PM
Jun 2018

seems unlikely

As of 1 July 2017, 83.3% of Arizonans identified as "white" and only 13.4% were foreign-born

While it is true that only about 55.5% of the population considers themselves non-Hispanic/non-Latino white, the first non-aboriginal settlers were (as the state name might suggest) Hispanic -- and they started showing up there after 1539, building a number of missions in the 1600s and 1700s. It didn't become US territory until after the Mexican war, and Arizona didn't become a state until 1912

The 2016 American Community Survey indicated that about 73% of all adults speak only English at home and about 71% of all school-age children speak only English at home

About 20% of Arizonans speak Spanish at home. The next-most-common language seems to be Navajo, spoken at-home by about 1.5% of the population

 

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
4. the whole immigration crackdown is all about that
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 08:54 PM
Jun 2018

Plenty of garden-variety racism involved, but the fact that U.S. whites are becoming the minority is key, especially when you consider they tend to vote Democratic.

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