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Minority entrepreneurship refers to entrepreneurial activity (new business creation) by individuals who belong to a minority group.In the United States, minority groups often include people who identify as African American, Hispanic, or indigenous; these social groups do not own businesses at a rate commensurate to their share of the population.
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".
The NMSDC is a business growth engine for minority business owners. The resources it provides can help people of color gain access to contracts and create new business opportunities that can help ...
The concept of a model minority is heavily associated with U.S. culture, due to the term's origins in American sociologist William Petersen's 1966 article. [7] Many European countries have concepts of classism that stereotype ethnic groups in a manner which is similar to the stereotype of the model minority.
This category is for issues of concern to minorities, it is not intended to list minority ethnic groups since most ethnic groups can be considered to be minorities in one context or another. For a complete listing of ethnic groups organized by religion, nationality, country of origin, and other criteria, see Category:Ethnic groups .
Monoethnicity is the existence of a single ethnic group in a given region or country. It is the opposite of polyethnicity.. An example of a largely monoethnic country is Japan.
Infobox template for an ethnic group Template parameters [Edit template data] This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Name group The name of the ethnic group. Defaults to the page name if empty. Default {{PAGENAME}} Example Armenians String suggested Native name native_name The name of the ethnic group in the local language. If there is more than one, enter each ...
For broader context on this WikiProject, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethnic groups. Not all sections will be useful for all groups, but this should be suggestive of appropriate ways to handle articles about ethnic groups and other similar human populations such as tribes, nations (meaning peoples, not states), etc.