Minority report

In Phoenix and Tucson, a new minority has emerged. White males.

Now that Latinos, Blacks and Native Americans comprise the majority of residents in Phoenix and Tucson, a new minority has emerged: White males.

Arizona State University sophomore Matthew Jezierski is so worried about the slipping status of White males he wanted them officially recognized by the ASU administration. He has formed about 40 White males into a student group called Caucasian American Men of ASU, or CAMASU.

"This club is a way to instill pride in each other and not be ashamed that we're Caucasian males," Jezierski says.

Because CAMASU doesn't restrict its membership to White males, it has earned the ASU Multicultural Center's backing, says Center Director Alonzo Jones.

So far, the opposition to the group comes from the ASU Feminist Organization. ASUFO says CAMASU sends a negative message. Jezierski counters that about one quarter of CAMASU's members are women.

Jezierski says that when passing out fliers on campus, students gave positive and negative reactions, according to The State Press newspaper.

"A lot of people just rolled their eyes," he says. "They figured, it's Caucasian, there's no culture there."