To a considerable degree, all minority groups suffer from the same state of marginality with its haunting consequences of insecurity, conflict, and irritation.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
What characterizes a member of a minority group is that he is forced to see himself as both exceptional and insignificant, marvelous and awful, good and evil.
Minority is about being an individual. It's like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life.
Sometimes I just like the feeling of being a minority and seeing how far you can push yourself in extreme circumstances.
Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems.
There's this tendency to think of the individual and the collective are somehow at odds or separate. But I think that's really false. We're all both. And when the individual suffers, the collective suffers, and vice versa.
In any group there is more or less tension between people, and there are complicities and affinities.
People in minority religious communities, like Paganism, often feel isolated and even marginalized by others because of the lifestyle differences associated with their spiritual path.
It's really important to share the idea that being different might feel like a problem at the time, but ultimately diversity is a strength.
'Diversity' is a wonderfully seductive word. It stresses differences rather than commonalities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other - that is, when they are not killing each other. A 'diverse,' peaceful or stable society is against most historical precedent.
Conflicts are never caused in any simple way by identity, culture or economics. Where resources are scarce, or there are strong historical memories of conflict, small events are more likely to inflame passions.
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