NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -a minority group is “any group of people who, because of their physical or cultural characteristics, are singled out from the others in the society in which they live for differential and unequal treatment, and who therefore regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination.” (Sociologist Louis Wirth, 1945).

Detailed explanation-2: -Dominant culture: The group whose members hold more power relative to other members in society. Dominant cultures may or may not hold a quantifiable majority of the population. Minority culture: A group whose members hold characteristics that afford them less power than the dominant culture.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the United States, for example, non-Hispanic Whites constitute the majority (63.4%) and all other racial and ethnic groups (Mexican, African Americans, Asian Americans, American Indian, and Native Hawaiians) are classified as “minorities".