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ethnic minority

British

noun

an immigrant or racial group regarded by those claiming to speak for the cultural majority as distinct and unassimilated

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Consequences of the conflict also spilled across the border into India, with thousands of people, many from Myanmar's Chin ethnic minority, taking refuge in India's north-eastern states of Mizoram and Manipur.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

For women in ethnic minority communities, it is even longer: 11 years.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

They make up one of Iran's most important non-Persian ethnic minority groups.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

Shah was one of eight people from an ethnic minority background to be featured on the Heathrow posters.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

More than 90 percent of the school’s nine hundred students were black or from an ethnic minority; a fifth of them were the children of immigrants or asylum seekers.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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