Minority

A minority is group of people who differ from a larger group of which it is a part. A sociological minority is not necessarily a numerical minority — it may include any group that is disadvantaged with respect to a dominant group in terms of social status, education, employment, wealth and political power.

In socioeconomics, the term "minority" typically refers to a socially subordination ethnic group (understood in terms of language, nationality, religion or culture). Other minority groups include people with disabilities, "economic minorities" (working poor or unemployed), "age minorities" (who are younger or older than a typical working age) and sexual minorities (whose sexual orientation or gender identity differs from the sociological norm).
Every large society contains ethnic minorities. They may be migrants or others. International criminal law protects the rights of racial or ethnic minorities in many ways. Also there are religious minorities. Usually their religion differs from majority’s religion. Nowadays it is accepted that people should have the freedom to choose their own religion, including not having any religion. Therefore, every big society has gender and sexual minorities. An understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans- gender people as a minority group has started in the Western world, in the 19th century. What is more, disabled people are also understanding as minority. Some people with particular illness argue for acceptance of their disability, but many deaf people do not see themselves as disabled at all.

In conclusion, there are a lot of rights for minorities in Western world, but there is still big problem with minority`s rights in other countries ( for example, in East Europe). That is why many people, for example gays or lesbians, emigrate into Western world to have great and peaceful future.