Kodi anthu aku America adzawoneka bwanji mu 2050?

Kwa National Geographic's 125^th Nkhani yachikumbukiro, wojambula wotchuka, Martin Schoeller, adawonetsa tsogolo la America lamitundu yosiyanasiyana. Zithunzi zosajambulidwa za Photosopped za anthu enieni amitundu yosiyanasiyana zimasonyeza unyinji wa kusakanikirana. Pofika chaka cha 2050, anthu aku America ochulukirachulukira adzawoneka chonchi chifukwa kuchuluka kwawo kuli amitundu yambiri.

Kuyambira 2000, US Census Bureau yasonkhanitsa zambiri za anthu amitundu yosiyanasiyana. M’chaka chimenecho, anthu pafupifupi 6.8 miliyoni anadzitchula kuti ndi amitundu yosiyanasiyana. Mu 2010, chiŵerengerocho chinawonjezeka kufika pafupifupi 9 miliyoni, chiwonjezeko cha 32 peresenti. Pofika m’chaka cha 2060, “Bungwe la Census Bureau linaneneratu kuti azungu omwe si a ku Spain sadzakhalanso ambiri ku America,” analemba motero Lise Funderburg m’nkhani yake ya National Geographic, yakuti, “The Changing Face of America,” yomwe imasonyeza ntchito ya Schoeller.

Komabe, kwa zaka zambiri, magulu a mafuko m’kalembera ndi kafukufuku ankachepetsa anthu amitundu yosiyanasiyana a ku America. Mitundu isanu ya Johann Friedrich Blumenbach. Ngakhale magulu asintha kuti alole kuphatikizika kochulukirapo, malinga ndi Funderburg, "kusankha mitundu ingapo kudali kokhazikika pamisonkho." Magulu amenewa amangotanthauzira mtundu potengera maonekedwe akunja monga khungu ndi nkhope osati biology, anthropology, kapena genetics.

Funderburg akufunsa kuti chiyani za nkhope izi zomwe timapeza kuti ndizochititsa chidwi kwambiri. "Kodi ndichifukwa choti mawonekedwe awo amasokoneza zomwe timayembekezera, kuti sitinazolowere kuwona maso ali ndi tsitsi, mphuno pamwamba pa milomo imeneyo?" Akutero. Chifukwa chakuti mafuko ndi mitundu ina n'zovuta kusiyanitsa ndi maonekedwe a nkhope, khungu, kapena tsitsi, anthu ambiri amasiku ano “achikhalidwe ndi mafuko ovuta ayamba kukhala osasinthasintha komanso okonda kuseŵera ndi zimene amadzitcha okha,” analemba motero Funderburg.