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What are you? do people ask you that sometimes? >> yeah. but i would just say american, asian and i guess just jewish. >> what are you made up of? >> black and white people. i say like american. im like mixed. >> is it ever hard? do you feel like you have to choose one side over the other? >> no. i dont think that is real. like we dont really have to do that. its -- its probably not much different from being just like one race. i dont really know. >> those are all good answers. >> this is mattie...

Country will have more black, indigenous and people of color than just plain old white folks. but what does that mean? to quote my young friends, i dont really know. ♪ >> every now and again, a year comes up on the calendar that sparks the national imagination. 1976, 1984, 2000. >> its an emergency we all hope doesnt happen. >> well, for many people, 2045 is that kind of number. that is the year, according to the u.s. census, that america

We cannot afford the wait for 2045 in the hope that change in our nations makeup is going to make us a more just or equitable society. because if the systems and structures dont change, then you just have an inequitable society run by various shades of folks. we are already seeing how hard it is to change those systems in philly. even when you are told that you have the city on your side, i dont want my black and mixed raced daughters to inherit that system. i want it to improve by the time they...

We cannot afford to wait for 2045 in the hope that change in our nations makeup is going to make us a more just or equitable society. because if the systems and structures dont change, then you just have an inequitable society run by various shades of bi pot folks. we are already seeing how hard it is to change those systems in philly. even when you are told that you have the city on your side, i dont want my black and mixed raced daughters to inherit that system. i want it to improve by the tim...

The system to make sense. every one of these has a negative and consequence. theres a lot of political inertia associated with implementing these solutions. if we try to implement some of the solutions, we will make an effort in this. bit by bit, we will chip away at the prop. >> this seems like a colossal issue. thank you so much. good to see you. >> thank you. more ahead in the newsroom. first, a quick programming note. by the year 2045, people of color will be the majority in america. thats...

We all know, no child in elementary school was learning about critical race theory before this all went down. more kids are going to be learning about critical race theory because you wont stop talking about it. it is no accident that the governor of georgia does not want to teach it but it is restricting voting rights among brown and black folks. >> maybe well call it history and everyone can have a party about that. lets talk about your show, "un "united shade of america." this is week you are...

Ahead to 2045 when census expert says the u.s. will become a majority/minority country. you actually visited the people of color already outnumbered people. white people. in philadelphia. >> we had a black police commissioner. >> we had the first black democratic mayor of philadelphia. you go the black people in the seats but the white power structure still exists. i think the future of philly is one that full of conflict between the people and the state i believe. i think thats the reality. it ...

About donald trump but identifying with the republican party, that base is actually shrinking. all the polling since november 2020 shows that people are quickly changing their party affiliation in many of the battleground states and up until 2045 white voters are shifting to become a minority of the electorate. republicans know that. thats why they tried to suppress voters of color on the state level, but democrats need to understand that as well. they have a majority coalition so our republican...

Candidates on the stage. additionally, i think it lalalld them to talk about some of the disparities in how were assessing these candidates. i thought klobuchar did a good job talking about pete buttigiegs experience in a way that we all like to call minnesota nice, where it was essentially a passive aggressive hit on the fact that he has not accomplished much. and when he says that his net worth is not what somebody who is 77, 78 years old is, of course not. because hes my age. my net worth is ...

Voting eights act since 1965 has received bipartisan support. in 2006 192 republicans voted for that re-authorization. 33 voted against. today republicans voted almost unanimously against the measure. the lone republican to vote in favor was this man, congressman brian fitzpatrick of pennsylvania. back with us zirlina maxwell and ana marie cox. >> pure research has predicted this country is going to be majority non-white by 2045. and what that means is that the republicans -- you know, the tradi...