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According to the 2010 U.S. census, the Hispanic population has reached 50.5 million people, making Hispanics the largest minority group in the United States. Between April 1, 2000, and April 1, 2010, the Hispanic population increased 43%, which makes it the fastest growing population in the United States. Perhaps even more indicative of the country's changing demographics and views on race was the election of the first African-American president of the United States, Barack Obama, in 2008. While the nation has shown progress by electing its first African-American president, the education, employment, income, and health disparities between White Americans and historically marginalized groups still exist. Because of these inequities, African-American, a group whose civil rights movement has served as a model for historically marginalized people around the world, continue to have the strongest political and racial group identity in the United States. While scholars from various disciplines study the effects of major demographic and social changes in the United States, they also acknowledge that these changes have not alleviated obvious, and sometimes growing, inequities in health, wealth, and education. Noting these major changes in the United States, we are not surprised that a national discussion

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