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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. i'm like mixed. >> is it ever hard? do you feel like you have to choose one side over the other? >> no. i don't think that is real. like we don't really have to do that. it's -- it's probably not much different from being just like one race. i don't really know. >> those are all good answers. >> this is mattie and saki. and they shouldn't feel bad because the adults don't know what to make of this race...

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 don't really know. ♪ >> every now and again, a year comes up on the calendar that sparks the national imagination. 1976, 1984, 2000. >> it's an emergency we all hope doesn't 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 nation's makeup is going to make us a more just or equitable society. because if the systems and structures don't 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 don't want my black and mixed raced daughters to inherit that system. i want it to improve by the time they're ready for it so we can focus on more important things. >> do you have any other questions for...

We cannot afford to wait for 2045 in the hope that change in our nation's makeup is going to make us a more just or equitable society. because if the systems and structures don't 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 don't want my black and mixed raced daughters to inherit that system. i want it to improve by the time they're ready for it so we can focus on more important things. >> do you have any other questio...

The system to make sense. every one of these has a negative and consequence. there's 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. that's the topic of anticipate all new "united shades of america." we head to philly to find out what th...