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When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you're telling them that they're less than somebody else.

— Gwendolyn Brooks

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

— Ayn Rand

I'm not a minority: I'm a majority of one. We all are. To call someone a minority, you give them baggage, of not being full, or not being seen as full. All of us need to be seen as full human beings.

— Jose Antonio Vargas

There is a qualitative difference between being a minority and being a majority. Majorities are stronger under psychological pressure because numbers count. But only if they are aware of it.

— Peter Abrahams

Look at television and how comparatively few minorities are out there.

— Gedde Watanabe

A minority may be right, and a majority is always wrong.

— Henrik Ibsen

You can't be a minority in this society without having someone express disapproval about affirmative action.

— Sonia Sotomayor

In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.

— Jesse Jackson

Diversity doesn't mean black and white only.

— Henry Louis Gates

✗Opposing Perspectives

Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You're not less than anybody else.

— Gwendolyn Brooks

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.

— Billie Joe Armstrong