Every large society has ethnic minorities who identify each other since they have a common heritage, cultural background, and share a common ideology. The minority status is detail in the number of people in the society. Leon (2010) says that a minority refers to a sociological grouping within a demographic. The social majority and the influential people in the society refer to this class since it has differences. Minority class can have differences in terms of race, gender, status, sexual orientation, health, or ethnicity. Leon (2010) finds that the minority class holds few positions of social power since it is not general in numbers and statistics.
People in the minority group suffer discrimination in regions where they live. This is because the social structures fail to have and embrace equality. Activists in this century gain prominence due to the use of minority rights in articulating of issues of an unpopular group. A society singles out people with different characteristics as a minority group. This group is subject to a certain treatment that is not same for all the people. The physical characteristics of a minority group leave them prone to collective discrimination.
Crone (2013) enlighten that every society contains few people whose culture, language, and life differs from the rest. For example, the traditional migrants those are not dominant in a society. Crone (2013) elucidate that the gay, lesbians, and the bisexual represent the sexual minorities in the society. These people represent a small percentage that has different sexual orientation from the large society. This group gains popularity starting from in 19th Century especially from the Western world. The same-sex people continue to make an effort for the culture to embrace all forms of sexual diversity. The women rights movement is a minority group of women who articulate the need for equality between men and women in the society. Leon (2010) explains that the atheist represent the religious minority since, in many countries, there is no restriction in the choice of religion.
References
Crone, J. A. (2010). How Can We Solve Our Social Problems? (2nd ed.). Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Leon-Guerrero, A. (2013). Social Problems, 4th Ed + Social Problems Interactive Ebook. Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
