The latest news from the U.S. Census Bureau is here. As a member of a minority in North America, it gives me a lot of joy to find out that the population in the U.S. and Canada is becoming more diverse.

The face of the United States (and Canada) is gradually changing. At one time the face of a typical North American family was a white man, a blond woman, one boy, and a blond little girl.

No more! The face of a North American family is a lot more diverse now. The U.S. Census Bureau reported on Thursday that the populations of people who identify as Hispanic and Asian increased, and the number of people who said they were more than one race more than doubled.

Overall population growth slowed substantially over the past decade (and that’s a good thing), but the growth that did occur — an increase of about 23 million people — was made up entirely of people who identified as Hispanic, Asian, Black, and more than one race.

The white population declined for the first time in history. People who identify themselves as white have been decreasing as a share of the country’s population since the 1960s when the United States lifted strict ethnic quotas aimed at keeping the country Northern and Western European.

The decrease in the white population was explained by the aging of whites, and a decline in the birthrate.

People who identify as white now makeup 58 percent of the population, down from 64 percent in 2010, and 69 percent in 2000.

As North American becomes more diverse, there will be less racial discrimination and more social equality. One day in the future, being black, Hispanic, Asian, white, gay or straight, believer or non-believer, will be of little consequence. We will find other things to discriminate about.