The total makes Orange County the second-largest in the state, surpassing San Diego County's 2,813,833 residents, but ranking well behind Los Angeles County's 9,519,338. As the ranks of Latinos and Asians have swelled through migration and birth, the total number of whites has decreased by 95,523. Whites also have moved within the county. The issue of assimilation and tolerance and acceptance will continue to be an issue.
People have to grow up.
This is happening not just here, but in every place. . . . Some patterns of growth have contradicted expectations. Today, anywhere you look in the central part of the county, you run into an Asian person. The strains of those changes already have been felt, with anti-immigrant initiatives gaining considerable voter support in Orange County. If people will open their eyes and look, and stop being fooled by the word 'racist,' then maybe we can get some decent dialogue on what's happening.