Racial, Ethnic, National and Religious Minorities

Definition

Groups of people who have historically faced marginalization and discrimination due to their race, ethnicity, national origin, or religious beliefs.

Related terms

Jim Crow Laws: State and local laws in the United States that enforced racial segregation and denied civil rights to African Americans from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century.

Native Americans: Indigenous peoples who were inhabitants of North America before European colonization.

Holocaust: The systematic persecution and genocide of approximately six million Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II.