America, Racism and Donald Trump

Q: Why have Americans elected a blatant racist as their Presidential candidate?
A: Demographics.

Year	Population
	Whites	Blacks	Latinos	Asians
1900	88%	12%	1%	0%
1910	88%	11%	1%	0%
1920	88%	10%	1%	0%
1930	88%	10%	1%	0%
1940	88%	10%	2%	0%
1950	88%	10%	2%	0%
1960	85%	11%	3%	1%
1970	84%	11%	4%	1%
1980	80%	12%	6%	2%
1990	76%	12%	9%	3%
2000	69%	12%	12%	4%
2010	64%	13%	16%	5%

Till 1950, America was almost 90% white. After 1950, other groups (Blacks, Latinos, Asians) started increasing in size slowly. This process accelerated after 1990 – especially with the Latinos/Hispanics. Today, whites are only 64% of America. What is even more important is the trend. If current population growth rates continue:

In 2050, non-whites will outnumber whites. Whites will still be the largest group, but they will no longer be the majority. (The US Census Bureau officially announced this last year)

So this is the #1 reason behind the rise of Donald Trump: the fear of the whites of being reduced to a minority in their 'own' country – ie, racism.