An ethnic minority is an ethnic group that does not form a majority, or is not a subgroup of a larger ethnic group that forms the majority. An ethnic group is an identity based on common ancestry, language, religion, physical appearance and geography. Not all of those are required for an ethnic group, but some are. A minority is a group that does not form over 50% of the population, in a population where there is another group that does form over 50% of the population.
BME stands for Black and Minority Ethnic.
minorities refer to any ethic group in a country or area that is not the largest ethnic group. For instance, in the United States Caucasians (whites) are the majority ethnic group; while Blacks, Asians, Native Americans and so on are minorities, or minority ethnic groups. However a minority is not limited to being an ethnic group, for example left handed people are a minority in the world. However, usually when minorities are referenced in politics they do mean ethnic groups.
There are many ethnic groups in Europe.He was part of an ethnic minority.
Ethnic Minority Party of New Zealand was created in 1996.
The word ethnic can be a noun as in an ethnic minority. It is primarily used as an adjective.
BME: Black and Minority Ethnic
The largest ethnic minority found in most European countries would be African.
People who are considered to be ethnic minorities are those in which differ from the normal social group. For example, an ethnic minority in Chicago, IL might be Koreans or Japanese.
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