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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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