MAJORITY-MINORITY Definition & Meaning

majority-minority

[muh-jawr-i-tee-mi-nawr-i-tee, muh-jor-i-tee-mi-nor-i-tee, mahy-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

relating to a population in which more than half represent social, ethnic, or racial minorities, and in which fewer members of the more socially, politically, or financially dominant group are represented.
majority-minority public schools.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of majority-minority¹

First recorded in 1925–30

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Cities and states haven’t always seen eye-to-eye about the value of urban mass transit, with its majority-minority ridership and powerful unions.

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The debates 25 years ago over a majority-minority nation that would usher in Democratic Party dominance were rooted in a belief that white was a fixed group classification.

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The district, which is plurality Asian, is one of the few majority-minority districts in Congress not represented by a Democrat.

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We’ve been a majority-minority state now for more than a generation.

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In its complaint, the DOJ alleges that First National closed branches in majority-minority neighborhoods, failed to provide mortgage services to Black and Latino potential borrowers, and ignored entire neighborhoods for potential lending.

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