By 2045, white people in America will no longer be the majority.

Instead, Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans, and multiracial Americans will

be the majority.

And within that group, Latinos are poised to become 25% of the total population, the

majority minority, if you will.

But despite this Latino explosion, we remain an underrepresented group across the board,

from politics to entertainment, to sports and business, you'll find Latinos, but more

often than not, and smaller roles commensurate to our population.

We currently only make up 8.4% of Congress, 2.2% of Fortune 500 CEOs, and we are the most

underrepresented group in Hollywood, with a measly 2.7% of roles played by Latinos in

major movies, and about 6% of roles on television.

But what does it even mean that a demographic this big and this diverse is near majority

when we don't have any of the majority power?

This is Julie Sarce, and I'm Grace Paura, and you're listening to a special series of

crooked conversations.

Over the next four episodes, we will be exploring what it means that Latinos are near

a majority status.

We'll also be delving into issues around the American Latino identity, history, and civil

rights contributions of Latinos in the United States.

We'll be discussing culture and breaking down the economic by-empower that Latinos hold,

and the voting potential that our growing population has.

And we'll try to answer a very important question.

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