Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority

29 + 26 = 55: that’s the math behind the new hidden majority in America. Progressive people of color now make up 29 percent of the entire U.S. population, and progressive whites make up 26 percent of the population. In a book brimming with optimism, Steve Phillips, the founding chairman of a group dedicated to realizing the promise of this new majority, shows how we are now positioned to overcome the racial barrier that has divided our electorate for the past two centuries. Together, these t…