Minority Groups

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Session Type: Section Programs

Session Capacity: N/A

Location: Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

Room: Virginia C

Floor: Lobby Level

Due to a combination of socio-economic and legal factors, the United States population is transitioning from a white majority to a minority-majority population. By 2045, demographers predict the population will be comprised by less than fifty percent of white people for the first time in U.S. history. The political consequences of this shift are already being felt through the rise of white nationalist politics and legal maneuvers to impede the growing political influence of racial minorities. Whether through changes to elections, immigration, or the Census, the law is being weaponized to maintain political and economic power within the nation’s white elite. At the same time, racial minorities and their white allies are challenging such efforts that ultimately undermine the nation’s majoritarian democratic system. This panel explores the extent of the law’s impact in a racialized political struggle that could arguably change the composition and operating principles of the nation’s elites.