What is a Minority Group

• A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their lives than members of a dominant or majority group

• Not limited to mathematical minority: example women, Blacks in South Africa, Blacks in Mississippi and South Carolina in the 1920's

• Interchangeable with subordinate group

• A group that experiences a narrowing of opportunities (success, education, wealth, etc) that is disproportionately low compared to their numbers in the society