whats happenning to the u s
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What's Happening to the U.S?
During the past couple of years everyone has at least heard once of the rapid growth of Hispanics in the U.S. When was it that we, myself being a "Hispanic", grew into one of the fastest growing minority groups in the United States? Hispanics hold their spot strong in the leading minority group of the United States.
To clarify the term Hispanic, it is a linguistic-ethnic designation and can be designated to any race. Hispanics in the United States are a diverse group including individuals of Mexican, Puerto Rican, and/or Cuban origins and those of Central and/or South American origins. (2000 Census) As a group, Hispanic Americans represent a mixture of several ethnic backgrounds including: European, American Indian, and African. The government considers Hispanic an ethnicity, not a race, so people of Hispanic ethnicity can be of any race...