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justlikethewwdove t1_j8k69tj wrote

Reply to comment by Mainah888 in Biggest Minority By State by New-Work-139

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/maine-population-change-between-census-decade.html

There's no elegant breakdown of the data but the best way to get a sense of it is by choosing the "[race] in combination" drop down at the Census link above for each race/ethnicity. The two largest non-white ones reported with others are Native at almost 2% and Black at about 1%. Total mixed is 4.7% and white in combo is 4.6% which means the vast majority of mixed are white and something else -- makes sense given Northern New England has been the whitest part of the country for a very long time.

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TimothyOilypants t1_j8k1qx7 wrote

Reply to comment by Rico_Rebelde in Biggest Minority By State by New-Work-139

"...can pass as white..." may be the craziest ignorant shit I've read all day.

Congrats! Your Reddit kick in the balls is in the mail!

This is why including "white" in any conversation about race is fucking stupid and inherently racist to anyone not "white"...

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ethan52695 t1_j8jx6sl wrote

Reply to comment by Mainah888 in Biggest Minority By State by New-Work-139

If I had to guess it’s something to do with the fact that Vermont and Maine are the whitest states in the U.S, so I would assume that’s it’s probably people who are white and some other race. I know I grew up near Indian island and I’m sure all of those people would all identify as mixed race even though the vast majority are white passing (not that I’m saying there is anything wrong with being white passing and identifying as another race).

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Rico_Rebelde t1_j8jwo3k wrote

Reply to comment by Brielle2 in Biggest Minority By State by New-Work-139

I'm guessing its slightly flawed since white and hispanic aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. Many hispanic people are white or can pass as white which could be the same thing or noot depending on who you ask.

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mymaineaccount46 t1_j8jwjil wrote

Reply to comment by Brielle2 in Biggest Minority By State by New-Work-139

It probably depends on the data. If you are counting Hispanic whites with non Hispanic whites together they probably are not the minority. So this is probably separating out Hispanic whites from non Hispanic whites creating that distinction.

Hispanic as a category in the US is kinda weird. It's not a separate race category and has multiple races inside it (Hispanic whites, afro Hispanic.) It's more a cultural category but gets thrown into racial statistics all the time.

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