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Growing up as a kid we didn't have minorities. I grew up in the middle of no where in NJ. In fact, the town next to us was called "New Germantown" and had to change their name during WWII. We had one black kid, David, and he was such a rarity that he was one of the most popular kids in school. In seventh grade he introduced us to rap with the Sugar Hill Gang. Other than him, the only time I saw anyone who as black or pretty much any other minority unless we went into the city.
Now here in California minorities have become the standard. The neighbor to the left of me is Hispanic, to the right to me is Columbian, and across the street we have three houses - Hispanic, Egyptian, and then some other Middle Eastern family (who, ironically own the 7/11).
I'm not complaining, but the demographics of our country is changing.
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