The Multiracial Experience Racial Borders as the New Frontier edited by Maria P.P. Root pg.xiv

The U.S. Bureau of the Census (1992) forecasts that by the year 2050, the representative face of America will no longer be white. Given the history of U.S. race relations, the two most common reasons given for this change are higher birthrates in communities of color and increasing numbers of immigrants who are people of color. However, Alonso and Waters (1993), Root (1992b, 1992d, 1995), Ramirez (Chapter 4, this volume), and Waters (1994) are among those who believe that a third factor will contribute to the complexion and momentum of this shift: The self-identified multiracial population is increasing. Time
Magazine recognized this contribution in a Special Fall 1993 issue. The cover portrayed Time’s vision of the future face of America, a computer-generated image of a young woman with Anglo-Saxon, Middle Eastern, African, Asian, southern European, and Latino roots.
-The Multiracial Experience Racial Borders as the New Frontier edited by Maria P.P. Root Pg.xiv