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Bookmark or Share- Minority | Definition & Facts | BritannicaMinority, a culturally, ethnically, or racially distinct group that coexists with but is subordinate to a more dominant group. As the term is used in the social sciences, this subordinacy is the chief defining characteristic of a minority group.
- 16 Minority Group Examples (2025) - Helpful ProfessorA minority group is a distinct group of people in society – identifiable by common traits – who lack the collective numbers to sufficiently be protected from discrimination from society’s dominant groups.
- Minority Groups - (Intro to Political Science) - FiveableMinority groups refer to social groups that are numerically inferior to the dominant or majority group in a society, and who often face discrimination, marginalization, and unequal access to power and resources.
- Minority group - WikipediaJoe Feagin, states that a minority group has five characteristics: (1) suffering discrimination and subordination, (2) physical and/or cultural traits that set them apart, and which are disapproved by the dominant group, (3) a shared sense of collective identity and common burdens, (4) socially shared rules about who belongs and who does not ...
- A List of Minority Groups [by - Ongig BlogMinority groups describe racially, ethnically, or culturally distinct groups that are not in a larger majority group. Wikipedia says: “In the United States, for example, non-Hispanic Whites constitute the majority (63.4%) and all other racial and ethnic groups (Mexican, African Americans, Asian Americans, American Indian, and Native Hawaiians ...
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