This has been widely discussed in college since the 80s - 90s.
Immigration
A 2017 report from the United Nations titled "World Population Prospects: Key Findings and Advance Tables" states that "between 1950 and 2015, the regions of Europe, Northern America and Oceania were net receivers of international migrants, while Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean were net senders, with the volume of net migration generally increasing over time."[6]
The United States is a prime example of how mass migration causes white demographic decline. With the passing of the Hart-Celler Act of 1965, the previous Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 was rendered null and void.
Main articles: Immigration to Europe and Immigration to the United States
Fertility
According to the 2019 National Vital Statistics Reports, published by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), the average fertility rate in the United States varies significantly by race and ethnicity.[26] The average fertility rate as of 2019 was 1,665.5 births per 1,000 women for non-Hispanic whites, 1,824.5 births per 1,000 women for non-Hispanic blacks, and 2,006.5 births per 1,000 women for Hispanics.[26] It is also common to see these figures represented as, for example, "1.6 births-per-woman", rather than 1,665 births per 1,000 women. The report duly notes that "Replacement level fertility is a total fertility rate of 2,100.0 births per 1,000 women".[26] The extra 100 births are required to accommodate for any premature death or disability that may befall the children before they go through puberty and are able to have their own children.
There are notable differences in birthing patterns and behaviors between ethnic groups. For example, African women are more likely to have twins than any other race, while Asians and Native Americans have the lowest twinning rates.[27]
There is an important spectrum of fertility to consider with regards to ethnicity and fertility, known as r/K selection theory. This theory describes a trade-off between quantity and quality of offspring that can be seen across all species of organism on the planet: some species are focused on either an increased quantity of offspring at the expense of parental investment (r-strategists), and some species are focused on a reduced quantity of offspring with a corresponding increased parental investment (K-strategists). Each strategy, r and K, are evolved by a given organism to promote success in their particular environment. Human beings overall are K-strategists, but within their own K-strategy one can observe an r/K paradigm.
A study published in the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics reported that "US and South American-born black mothers had a consistently higher risk of low birth weight infants, regardless of community income level."[28] According to world-renowned Canadian psychologist and researcher J. Phillippe Rushton, "Africa is warmer than the northern continents, but it is a less stable habitat. Droughts, storms, and diseases from viruses, bacteria, and parasites cause high death rates, even today. Without modern medical care, insuring survival in Africa means having many young (r-strategy). In the more stable environments of Europe and Asia, survival is insured from having fewer young, but caring for them very well (K-strategy)."[29]
Ageing
General population ageing, which is one of the main symptoms of White demographic decline, is a phenomenon which is most noticeably seen in Europe[30] and the United States.[31] It has been characterized by a long-term decline of European and North America's White populations and a 'graying' in which the average age of citizen's has risen substantially. A key factor contributing to this trend is an increase in life expectancy across Europe and North America since the end of the Second World War, which has caused to the average age of the people of Europe and North America to rise. In 2018 it was reported that the median age across the EU was over 43 years old[32] with projections to rise to 46.9 years by 2050.
Opinion: The United States can embrace immigration and diversity — or decline
White and minority demographic shifts, intergroup threat, and right-wing extremism
Census shows US growth driven by minorities; white pop falls under 60 percent
...A part of that decrease comes as a result of a new effort by the Census Bureau to measure the number of people who identify as multiracial, a population that skyrocketed over the last decade. But much of the drop in the white population, experts and demographers said, stems from an aging demographic that is producing fewer children later in life...
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- Immigration - Fertility - Ageing
Immigration
A 2017 report from the United Nations titled "World Population Prospects: Key Findings and Advance Tables" states that "between 1950 and 2015, the regions of Europe, Northern America and Oceania were net receivers of international migrants, while Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean were net senders, with the volume of net migration generally increasing over time."[6]
The United States is a prime example of how mass migration causes white demographic decline. With the passing of the Hart-Celler Act of 1965, the previous Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 was rendered null and void.
- This means that the US could no longer discriminate against immigrants based on their country of origin.
Main articles: Immigration to Europe and Immigration to the United States
Fertility
According to the 2019 National Vital Statistics Reports, published by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), the average fertility rate in the United States varies significantly by race and ethnicity.[26] The average fertility rate as of 2019 was 1,665.5 births per 1,000 women for non-Hispanic whites, 1,824.5 births per 1,000 women for non-Hispanic blacks, and 2,006.5 births per 1,000 women for Hispanics.[26] It is also common to see these figures represented as, for example, "1.6 births-per-woman", rather than 1,665 births per 1,000 women. The report duly notes that "Replacement level fertility is a total fertility rate of 2,100.0 births per 1,000 women".[26] The extra 100 births are required to accommodate for any premature death or disability that may befall the children before they go through puberty and are able to have their own children.
There are notable differences in birthing patterns and behaviors between ethnic groups. For example, African women are more likely to have twins than any other race, while Asians and Native Americans have the lowest twinning rates.[27]
There is an important spectrum of fertility to consider with regards to ethnicity and fertility, known as r/K selection theory. This theory describes a trade-off between quantity and quality of offspring that can be seen across all species of organism on the planet: some species are focused on either an increased quantity of offspring at the expense of parental investment (r-strategists), and some species are focused on a reduced quantity of offspring with a corresponding increased parental investment (K-strategists). Each strategy, r and K, are evolved by a given organism to promote success in their particular environment. Human beings overall are K-strategists, but within their own K-strategy one can observe an r/K paradigm.
A study published in the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics reported that "US and South American-born black mothers had a consistently higher risk of low birth weight infants, regardless of community income level."[28] According to world-renowned Canadian psychologist and researcher J. Phillippe Rushton, "Africa is warmer than the northern continents, but it is a less stable habitat. Droughts, storms, and diseases from viruses, bacteria, and parasites cause high death rates, even today. Without modern medical care, insuring survival in Africa means having many young (r-strategy). In the more stable environments of Europe and Asia, survival is insured from having fewer young, but caring for them very well (K-strategy)."[29]
Ageing
General population ageing, which is one of the main symptoms of White demographic decline, is a phenomenon which is most noticeably seen in Europe[30] and the United States.[31] It has been characterized by a long-term decline of European and North America's White populations and a 'graying' in which the average age of citizen's has risen substantially. A key factor contributing to this trend is an increase in life expectancy across Europe and North America since the end of the Second World War, which has caused to the average age of the people of Europe and North America to rise. In 2018 it was reported that the median age across the EU was over 43 years old[32] with projections to rise to 46.9 years by 2050.
Opinion: The United States can embrace immigration and diversity — or decline
White and minority demographic shifts, intergroup threat, and right-wing extremism
Census shows US growth driven by minorities; white pop falls under 60 percent
...A part of that decrease comes as a result of a new effort by the Census Bureau to measure the number of people who identify as multiracial, a population that skyrocketed over the last decade. But much of the drop in the white population, experts and demographers said, stems from an aging demographic that is producing fewer children later in life...
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