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2 Harv. Latino L. Rev. 61 (1997)
Neither Black Nor White

handle is hein.journals/hllr2 and id is 67 raw text is: Neither Black Nor White Rachel F. Moran Questions of racial justice in America are being complicated by demographic change. Soon, the two groups that historically have defined race relations in the United States, Whites and Blacks, no longer will account for the overwhelming majority of Americans. In 1960, when the modem civil rights movement was in its ascendancy, Whites accounted for almost 90% of the population, and Blacks represented nearly 10%. Latinos and Asian Americans combined amounted to only about 5% of the total population. Not surprisingly, race relations were largely defined in Black-White terms.' By 1990, dramatic changes had taken place. Due to the rapid growth in Latino and Asian-American populations, one out of four Americans was identified as a person of color; only half of these were Black.2 Current demographic research indicates that these trends will continue. According to Census projections, by 2020 non-Hispanic Whites will account for 64.3% of the United States population, while non-Hispanic Blacks will make up 12.9%. Latinos will overtake Blacks to become 16.3 % of the population, and Asians will * Professor of Law, University of California School of Law (Boalt Hall). A.B. 1978, Stanford University; J.D., Yale Law School, 1981. This paper is based on a speech presented at the First Annual LatCrit Conference in La Jolla, California on May 3, 1996; I would like to thank Frank Valdes, Laura Padilla, and Gloria Sandrino for arranging the financial support that made it possible for me to participate in this event. The paper draws on two earlier publications by the author: Foreword-Demography and Distrust: The Latino Challenge to Civil Rights and Immigration Policy in the 1990s and Beyond, 8 LA RAZA L.J. 1 (1995); and Unrepresented, 55 REPRESENTATONS 139 (1996). 1 See Deborah Ramirez, Multicultural Empowerment: It's Not Just Black and White Anymore; 47 STAN. L. REV. 957, 958-59 (1995). 2 See id. at 960-61.

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