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The term "minority group" has different usages, depending on the context.According to its common usage, the term minority group can simply be understood in terms of demographic sizes within a population: i.e. a group in society with the least number of individuals, or less than half, is a "minority".
A dominant minority, also called elite dominance, is a minority group that wields political, economic, or cultural dominance in a country, despite representing only a subset of the overall population (a demographic minority). [citation needed] Dominant minorities are also known as alien elites if they are recent immigrants. [citation needed]
The model minority model also points to the percentage of Asian Americans at elite universities. [47] Model minority proponents claim that while Asian Americans are only 5% of the U.S. population, they are over-represented at all these schools. Additionally, Asian Americans go on to win a high proportion of Nobel Prizes. [48]
A sexual minority is a demographic whose sexual identity, orientation or practices differ from the majority of the surrounding society. Primarily used to refer to lesbian, gay, bisexual , or non-heterosexual individuals, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] it can also refer to transgender , [ 3 ] non-binary (including third gender [ 4 ] ) or intersex individuals.
Minority rights, individual and collective rights of minority groups; Ethnic group, an ethnicity; Minority influence, a form of social influence; Minority language, a language spoken by a minority of the population; Minority-serving institution, a term in American higher education; Minority business enterprise, American business term
“I made sure that President Trump, DOGE, and Secretary Kennedy heard us loud and clear: do not mess with our first responders and the healthcare of 9/11 survivors," U.S. Sen. and Senate Minority ...
Minority-owned businesses make up about half of all the new businesses created in the last decade. According to the 2022 Annual Business Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau, 1.2 million or 21 ...
Conversely, quotas have also been used historically to promote discrimination against minority groups by limiting access to influential institutions in employment and education. These quotas may be determined by governmental authority and backed by governmental sanctions.