ethnic minorities
plural noun
: people who belong to an ethnic group that is a relatively small part of a population
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Across populations – including women and racial and ethnic minorities – flexibility can help recruit and retain participants.
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Eva Epker, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
And the groups empowered by the Second Reconstruction – racial and ethnic minorities, women, immigrants, the LGBTQ community – are far more numerous and have far more legal and political resources available with which to fight back than those that were aided by the First Reconstruction.
—Philip Klinkner, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2025
On one hand, the dictator repeatedly used chemical weapons and violent persecution to attack his administration’s enemies, and on the other, his government was committed to the protection of religious and ethnic minorities.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Jan. 2025
The Illinois Corporate Board Diversity, Inclusion and Representation Report released in 2023 by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign notes racial and ethnic minorities remain underrepresented on boards.
—Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Eva Epker, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
And the groups empowered by the Second Reconstruction – racial and ethnic minorities, women, immigrants, the LGBTQ community – are far more numerous and have far more legal and political resources available with which to fight back than those that were aided by the First Reconstruction.
—Philip Klinkner, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2025
On one hand, the dictator repeatedly used chemical weapons and violent persecution to attack his administration’s enemies, and on the other, his government was committed to the protection of religious and ethnic minorities.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Jan. 2025
The Illinois Corporate Board Diversity, Inclusion and Representation Report released in 2023 by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign notes racial and ethnic minorities remain underrepresented on boards.
—Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Ethnic minorities.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnic%20minorities. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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