MINORITY, RACE

AND ETHNICITY
MINORITIES
In 1945, sociologist Luois Wirth offered the
following definition of minority: We may define a
minority as a group of people who, because of
their physical or cultural characteristics , are
singled out from the others in society, in which
they live for differential and unequal treatment,
and who therefore regard themselves as objects
of collective discrimination.
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CHARACTERISTICS THAT DISTINGUISH
MINORITY GROUPS FROM OTHER GROUPS IN
SOCIETY

1.)The group possesss identifiable physical or

cultural characteristics that differ from those of
the dominant group
2.) Group members are the recipients of unequal
treatment at the hands of the dominant group.
3.) Membership in the group is an ascribed, or 3
assigned, status.
4.) Group members share a strong bond and a
sense of group loyalty.
5.) Members tend to practice endogamy - marriage
within a group.

To be considered a minority group, a group must

exhibit all of the above characteristics.Exhibiting
only one or two of the characteristics is not enough.
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RACE
In sociological terms,almost every sociologist
looks at race from a social perspective. In
sociological terms, a race is a category of people
who share observable physical characteristics
and whom others see as as being distinct group.

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ETHNICITY

Sociologist refer to the term ethnicity as the set of

cultural characteristics that distinguishes one group
from another group. The term ethnicity comes
from a Greek word ethnos, originally meaning
“people” or “nation”. Ethnic minority is socially
identified by unique characteristics related to
culture or nationality.
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