Watching the antics of America’s angry, confused conservatives, many of us wonder, "how long must we endure these people?" Thankfully, as Martin Luther King once said: "How long? Not long."
Look at the faces of the Tea Party folks who gathered in Washington D.C., on Sept 12 to stage a very muddled protest against what they alternately called President Obama’s socialist, fascist, Marxist or racist health care reform. What do you see? That’s right. White people. What do Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Joe Wilson, and the Tea Party folks all have in common? The crazed conservatives of this country are not people of color. They’re not Hispanics or Asians or African Americans. They’re white.
So what? Well, white people won’t be the dominant race or culture in America for much longer. By 2042, they will be a minority, and their percentage of the population will continue to decline throughout the century and beyond. The numbers and power of white people are eroding, not only in the United States but around the world.
As the color and culture of our great nation changes, so will the crazed conservatives find themselves steadily marginalized. My biggest fear is that, in the meantime, some individuals of their ilk will do something really crazy. But beyond that, we only need to wait them out.