Red, Yellow, Brown, Black, White: New Racial Demographics of America (Jan. 5, 2015 topic for NPR Call-in Show)

Monday, January 05, 2015 • 11 a.m. (ET)

How New Racial Demographics Are Remaking America

The idea of America as the world’s “melting pot” has endured for more than a century. Today, we are on the verge of becoming a country with no racial majority. Diane Rehm and her guests [listed below] discuss how new minorities are poised to remake U.S. society, economy and politics.

• Jamelle Bouie, Slate staff writer covering politics, policy, and race.
• Mark Hugo Lopez, director, Hispanic trends, Pew Research.
• Jim Tankersley, economic policy correspondent, The Washington Post; editor of the "Storyline" policy blog
• William Frey, senior fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution; author of Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics Are Remaking America.