Minority Group
Definition of Minority Group
The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Minority Group: A group distinguished by being on the margins of power, status or the allocation of resources within the society. ‘Visible minority’ refer to those racial or ethnic groups in a society which are marginal from the power and economic structure of society, not to those which are few in number. In South Africa, Blacks are the statistical majority but were for countless decades a social minority. Women can also be identified as a social minority group.
Minority Group: Resources
Notes and References
- Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Minority Group. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada
Resources
Legal English Vocabulary: Minority Group in Spanish
Online translation of the English legal term minority group into Spanish: grupo minoritario (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.
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