Is not being a minority a fundamental part of being white in America?

National Geographic recently featured an article about how white people will be the minority in the U.S. by mid-century and that in just a few years, white people will be a minority in the under 18 demographic.

The article mainly cited the demographic flux of the town of Hazleton, PA, whose almost entirely white population saw a steady decrease after the decline of manufacturing. The city then opened new distribution centers which attracted Latinos. The city went from being 95% white to being under 50% (with 52% Latino). The article cited the various anxieties that white people have at a loss of their majority status. (In Hazleton, it was seen as a cultural loss as taquerias and the Spanish language abound).

WASPs were once resistant to the influx of Irish and Italian immigrants, bemoaning the loss of their dominance and way of life. Now those immigrants (also white) are feeling the same loss as Latinos come to dominate the U.S. demographically.

There was a quote in the article about how one of the definitions of “whiteness” is not being a minority. What happens to whiteness after white people are no longer the majority in the U.S.? As a white person, do you feel a sense of loss?

Most of the victims of the opioid crisis are white. Will this only get worse as white people lose their numbers in American society?

I’m not here to talk down to or argue with anyone about this. I just want to hear your thoughts.