Latinos now make up a majority of California's public school students, cracking the 50 percent barrier for the first time in the state's history, according to data released Friday by the state Department of Education.
Almost 50.4 percent of the state's students in the 2009-10 school year identified themselves as Hispanic or Latino, up 1.36 percent from the previous year.
In comparison, 27 percent of California's 6.2 million students identified themselves as white, 9 percent as Asian and 7 percent as black. Students calling themselves Filipino, Pacific Islander, Native American or other total almost 7 percent.
While the result was no surprise to educators, experts say the shift underscores the huge impact Latinos already have on California's politics, economy and school system.
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It is incredible Mexico is on track to take territory from the US given their inferior GDP, military and population. Think about this, Mexico's entire air force has exactly 10 fighter jets, and those are 35 year old F-5s! Ten fighter jets for the air force of a nation of 112 million. One US super carrier deploys several times that number. Mexico has effectively positioned itself to heavily influence California politics at best, and to take over part of U.S. territory at worst.It's no surprise that Latinos make up the new majority in California schools, considering that their numbers have grown by leaps and bounds in recent decades. In 2009, Latinos made up 37 percent of the state's population, a number that continues to increase, according to the California Department of Finance.
But their electoral sway has not grown by similar amounts, because almost 40 percent of adult Latinos in California are ineligible to vote, said Lisa Garcia Bedolla, an associate professor at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education.
I've always thought that countries or peoples take others' territory through military or economic might. What is happening now is bizarre.
