Pluribus & Unum: The Quest for Community Amid Diversity.
Pluribus & Unum: The Quest for Community Amid Diversity.
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普鲁里布斯
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10.1080/00091383.1991.9939874
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1991
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Carols E. Cortes
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Carols E. Cortes
“生活就像一场纸牌游戏。你手上的牌是决定论；你玩的方式是自由意志。”印度的尼赫鲁是这么说的。种族多样性是美国未来的一个重要方面，包括我国高校的未来。根据1989年人口普查局的预测，在未来40年（1990-2030年），美国白人人口将增长约25%。在同样的40年期间，非洲裔美国人人口将增加68%，亚裔美国人、太平洋岛屿美国人和美洲印第安人人口将增加79%，美国的拉丁裔或西班牙裔人口将增加187%。那是决定论!美国人口资料局预测，到2080年，美国很可能有24%的拉丁裔、15%的非洲裔和12%的亚裔，占全国人口的一半以上。即使认识到通婚使大多数种族和民族的统计数据复杂化，而且所有的预测都仅仅是有根据的猜测，美国显然仅仅处于多元化的起飞阶段。从21世纪的角度来看，我们现在所说的“种族多样性”很可能被视为相对同质性。
"Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; the way you play it is free will." So said India's Nehru. Ethnic diversity comprises a critical aspect of America's future, including the future of our nation's colleges and universities. According to a 1989 Census Bureau projection, during the next four decades (1990-2030), the white population of the United States will grow by about 25 percent. During that same 40-year period, the African-American population will increase by 68 percent, the Asian-American, Pacific Island-American, and American Indian populations will grow by 79 percent, and the Latino or Hispanic population of the United States will leap by 187 percent. That's determinism! The Population Reference Bureau has projected that, by the year 2080, the United States of America may well be 24 percent Latino, 15 percent AfricanAmerican, and 12 percent Asian-American more than half of the nation's population. Even recognizing that intermarriage complicates most racial and ethnic statistics and that all projections are merely informed guesswork, the United States has obviously reached merely the diversity take-off stage. What we now call "ethnic diversity" may well be viewed as relative homogeneity from a 21stcentury perspective.