ethnic minorities
plural noun
: people who belong to an ethnic group that is a relatively small part of a population
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The results for non-leadership positions were also pronounced, with ethnic minorities receiving 45.3 percent fewer responses than individuals with English names.
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Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
What Myanmar’s ethnic minorities, particularly non-Buddhist ones, share is a long record of persecution by the military.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
There is also a disproportionately low number of psychology workers that come from ethnic minorities compared to the makeup of the U.S. population.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 May 2024
Racial and ethnic minorities including Black, Indigenous, Hispanic and other groups of color were found to have less per capita income than non-Hispanic whites.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2024
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Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
What Myanmar’s ethnic minorities, particularly non-Buddhist ones, share is a long record of persecution by the military.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
There is also a disproportionately low number of psychology workers that come from ethnic minorities compared to the makeup of the U.S. population.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 May 2024
Racial and ethnic minorities including Black, Indigenous, Hispanic and other groups of color were found to have less per capita income than non-Hispanic whites.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2024
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“Ethnic minorities.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnic%20minorities. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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