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Ethnic and Racial Minorities  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Socially constructed groups of people who differ in race, color or national, religious, or cultural origin from the dominant group and is often the majority population of the country in which they live. Ethnic minority groups generally share a common sense of identity and common characteristics such as language, religion, tribe, nationality, race, or a combination thereof. Groups defined by social definitions and constructs.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-M571BNJN-J

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