A new poll from the Pew Research Center called "The Next America" dives deep into the future demographics of America and reveals how American's views on race an racial identity have changed and are continuing to change.
For example, a majority of respondents (52%) to a poll when asked about the racial identity of President Barack Obama in 2009 said that they think of him as "Mostly Mixed Race" while only 27% said they thought of him as "Mostly Black."
Notably, these results differed by the racial identification of the respondents. Black people said that Obama was Black by the rate of 55% to 34% who said he was mixed. The group that was the least likely to call Obama "Black" was Hispanics!
The report also shows what America will look like in coming decades, with the majority of Americans expected to be from non-White racial groups around 2040.
What do you think, is the President Black or Mixed-Race? Is there some reason he can't be both? (That would be my answer.)
Hat/tip to Huffington Post Politics
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