Today. not a single U.S. bank ranks in the top five. * As our Nation attempts to address this changing economic climate. we see that the face of our Nation is changing. A larger share of our Nation is minority. and the numbers are growing. In a 1987 report titled. "Workforce 2000." the Department of Labor estimates that by the year 2000. approximately 85 percent of the new entrants to the U.S. labor force are expected to be minorities. women. handicapped. and immigrants. groups which have been historically underrepresented in science. mathematics. and engineering. The Department notes that. "Although this large share of a more slowly growing work force might be expected to improve the opportunities for these workers. the concentration of blacks in declining central cities and slowly growing occupations makes this sanguine outlook doubtful." By the last quarter of the 21st century. as a result of immigration and differing birth rates. Mr. Speaker. it is estimated that minorities. in fact. will be the majority.
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