american pie.

a moment of clarity.

words. 

"As the U.S. population ages and becomes more racially diverse, the country is seeing a widening demographic gap between older whites and young minorities -- a shift with significant social and economic implications for the future.

...The large population gains of Latino and other minority youth mean nonwhites will not only have more voting clout in the years ahead but also constitute the labor force of tomorrow. Yet this racial generational gap, which is particularly large in California and the Southwest, also points up the potential challenges as the U.S. relies on younger minorities to pick up the slack of an aging nation, including supporting social programs for a mostly white senior population.

..."It suggests that even greater priority should be given to providing these young minorities education opportunities and other resources to be successful as members of the labor force," he (William Frey, a Brookings Institution demographer) said..."

LOS ANGELES TIMES: As America ages, generational gap between whites and minorities widens