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Age minorities

The el­derly, while tra­di­tion­ally in­flu­en­tial or even (in a geron­toc­racy) dom­i­nant in the past, are now usu­ally re­duced to the mi­nor­ity role of eco­nom­i­cally 'non-ac­tive' groups.[citation needed] Chil­dren can also be un­der­stood as a mi­nor­ity group in these terms, and the dis­crim­i­na­tion faced by the young is known as adul­tism. Dis­crim­i­na­tion against the el­derly is known as ageism. Var­i­ous local and in­ter­na­tional statutes are in place to mit­i­gate the ex­pl...

Involuntary minorities

Also known as "caste­like mi­nori­ties," in­vol­un­tary mi­nori­ties are a term for peo­ple who were orig­i­nally brought into any so­ci­ety against their will. In the United States, for in­stance, it in­cludes but is not lim­ited to Na­tive Amer­i­cans, Puerto Ri­cans, African Americans, and na­tive-born Mex­i­can Americans.For rea­sons of cul­tural dif­fer­ences, in­vol­un­tary mi­nori­ties may ex­pe­ri­ence dif­fi­cul­ties in school more than mem­bers of other (vol­un­tary) mi­nor­ity grou...

Voluntary minorities

Im­mi­grants take on mi­nor­ity sta­tus in their new coun­try, usu­ally in hopes of a bet­ter fu­ture eco­nom­i­cally, ed­u­ca­tion­ally, and po­lit­i­cally than in their home­land. Be­cause of their focus on suc­cess, vol­un­tary mi­nori­ties are more likely to do bet­ter in school than other mi­grat­ing minorities. Adapt­ing to a very dif­fer­ent cul­ture and lan­guage make dif­fi­cul­ties in the early stages of life in the new coun­try. Vol­un­tary im­mi­grants do not ex­pe­ri­ence a sense...

In the pol­i­tics of some coun­tries, a "mi­nor­ity" is an eth­nic group rec­og­nized by law, and hav­ing spec­i­fied rights. Speak­ers of a legally rec­og­nized mi­nor­ity lan­guage, for in­stance, might have the right to ed­u­ca­tion or com­mu­ni­ca­tion with the gov­ern­ment in their mother tongue. Coun­tries with spe­cial provisions[which?] for...