Critical Conversations: Cultural Awareness, Sensitivity, and Competency

Abstract

According to the US census bureau, no single ethnic group will be in the majority by the year 2044. [...]Census analysts predict that no single group will be in the majority by that year.4 The non-White population is projected to reach 56 percent by 2060 compared to only 38 percent of the population in 2014. The increase is due in part to more social acceptance of mixed race couples since the civil rights decision invalidating laws against interracial marriage and the children resulting from these marriages.4,6 After the Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriage, there has seemingly been a greater tolerance of homosexuality