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the underdog who shaped history, despite never having the numbers to vote for it
means The smaller part of a group, or a group that differs from the larger population in number, identity, or power — and in law, the state of being under the age of full legal responsibility.
from From Latin 'minor,' meaning 'lesser' or 'smaller,' through medieval Latin 'minoritas.' The same little root gives us 'minus,' 'minimum,' and 'minister' (originally a 'lesser' servant). It arrived in English by way of French around the 16th century, first describing the condition of being underage — a 'minor' too young to count — before stretching to mean the smaller side of any divided whole.
- legal age
- in law, minority means under 18, not few
- music theory
- minor keys aren't sad, just culturally trained that way
- math twist
- a minority can hold majority power via leverage
- genetic truth
- everyone alive belongs to some statistical minority
rohingya in myanmar — ~1.4 million stateless muslims facing genocide since 2017
uyghurs in xinjiang — ~12 million turkic muslims in china's western region
dalits in india — ~260 million historically excluded from caste system
palestinians in israel — ~2 million arabs as 21% of israeli population