Sentence examples for a disadvantaged majority from inspiring English sources

In 1967, when de Gaulle made his "Quebec libre" speech in Montreal, French-speaking Quebeckers were a disadvantaged majority in a province whose English-speaking minority dominated business and much else.

Then with the advent of democracy in 1994, the African National Congress-led government had to simultaneously rebuild an economy staggered by sanctions and prepare a disadvantaged black majority to compete in a rapidly globalizing world.

The richest and most skilled would flee the poorest areas, leaving the disadvantaged majority trapped in communities in a state of social and economic collapse and violent conflict.

However, they have become exceedingly expensive and complex and are not available to the economically disadvantaged majority of the world population in underdeveloped as well as developed parts of the world.

They are between 23 and 43 years old and the vast majority grew up in a disadvantaged neighborhood with a population of mainly migrant background.

The Bogles are a disadvantaged white family.

What can be done to help a disadvantaged child?

One similar tool exists, the SIDS risk index score of Conroy and Marks [ 24] derived from five high risk SUDI sleep practice variables identified from the Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy study [ 25] in a sample of 66 disadvantaged families, the majority of whom were from an ethnic minority group.

India has at least 161 million Muslims, the third largest number of any country, but Muslims remain a largely marginalized minority in a Hindu-majority nation, disadvantaged economically and educationally.

But for a majority of the most disadvantaged, abuses continue.

The problem, however, is that a large majority of the state's children are economically disadvantaged in and out of classrooms - every day, every year.