THE TWILIGHT OF RACE:

Population sees increase in 'Hispanic whites' (Cheryl Wetzstein, 9/29/11, The Washington Times)

America's majority-white population kept growing in 2010, thanks to a burgeoning number of "Hispanic whites," the Census Bureau said Thursday.

In a separate report, the bureau said that the nation's black population also grew, spurred by a 76 percent jump in the number of people who said they were biracial or multiracial.

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