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affirmative action |
a policy or program, supported by U. S. government regulations, to give equal opportunity in employment, college admissions, and the like to those considered previously disadvantaged, such as women and certain racial minority groups. |
assimilation |
the process by which minority groups, such as immigrants, slowly absorb the characteristics of the dominant culture. [1/3 definitions] |
civil rights |
in the United States, certain rights and liberties, as to vote, own property, and be treated equally regardless of race, religion, or sex, that are guaranteed by amendments to the Constitution and certain Congressional Acts, esp. as applied to an individual or a minority group. [1/2 definitions] |
Congressional Black Caucus |
an organization composed of African-American members of the U.S. Congress, formed in 1971 to address legislative matters of concern to African Americans and other minority voters. |
continuous body |
a legislative body, such as the U.S. Senate, that achieves stability by staggering the terms of its members to prevent more than a minority of seats from changing in a single election. |
discrimination |
the act, or collective acts, of making invalid, unfair, or hurtful differentiations, as in prejudice against people of minority groups. [1/3 definitions] |
diverse |
drawing from a minority group within a society. [1/3 definitions] |
enclave |
a minority group living together within but apart from another culture. [1/2 definitions] |
ethnic cleansing |
the mass murder, incarceration, or forced emigration of members of an ethnic minority within a particular nation in order to establish an ethnically homogeneous population. |
gentlemen's agreement |
such an agreement by a social clique, private club, or the like to discriminate against members of certain minority groups. [1/2 definitions] |
Gordon Hirabayashi |
an American of Japanese descent who, during World War II, was one of only a few Japanese-Americans to openly defy the relocation orders of the U.S. Government. He challenged the constitutionality of the application of curfews for minority groups, and his case eventually went to the Supreme Court, where he was unanimously ruled against in Hirabayashi v. United States in 1943 (b.1918--2012). |
hatemonger |
a person who seeks to arouse hatred, animosity, and prejudice in others, esp. against a minority group. |
minority |
of or pertaining to a minority. [1/4 definitions] |
nonage |
the period of time when one is not yet legally an adult; minority. [1/2 definitions] |
nonminority |
combined form of minority. |
redline |
of lenders and insurers, to refuse to lend money or extend insurance to residents of certain neighborhoods, esp. those neighborhoods made up of poor or minority residents. [1/2 definitions] |
redlining |
the illegal practice of refusing to lend money or extend insurance to residents of certain neighborhoods, esp. poor or deteriorating ones, or neighborhoods made up primarily or partially of minority residents. |
restrictive covenant |
in an agreement or contract, a restriction on the action of one of the parties, esp. the prohibition, now illegal in the United States, of rental or sale of real estate to someone of a specified minority or ethnic group. |
Senate minority leader |
the senator who is the highest ranking member of the minority party in the U.S. Senate and who speaks for and represents the interests of his or her fellow minority party senators. |
Shiah |
the Shiites, the main minority sect of Islam. [1/2 definitions] |
the few |
the minority of people, or the elite group within a group. |
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