After France lost its grip on most of its Saharan colonies in 1960, the Tuareg found themselves a small minority divided among new nations created by arbitrary borders that meant little to them.
For example, on table 2 exposures is taken as being of an ethnic minority group - so exposed/unexposed would be the proportion walking in the exposed group (ethnic minority) divided by the proportion walking in the unexposed group (white).
"Model minority" is a term that came into use during the Civil Rights Movement, first put forth by sociologist William Peterson to frame a comparison of "ethnic minorities," to divide and conquer.
"We cannot, we must not, we will not, allow a tiny minority to divide our generous, inclusive society.
Even the Tamil minority is divided by history, by caste, by political allegiance.
The entry of forces from other Gulf countries, led by Saudi Arabia, which has little tolerance for its own Shia minority, further divided the country along sectarian lines, and so did the sectarian nature of the crackdown.
The government during this minority was divided between a faction centred on Walter Comyn, husband of the countess of Menteith, and Alan Durward; the Comyn faction held the ascendancy between 1249 and 1252, and again between 1255 and 1257; the Durward faction held the ascendancy between 1252 and 1255, and again between 1257 and 1258.
The question of school choice has, to some extent, divided minorities for years.
Mr. Erdogan is supported by roughly half of the population, and the other half is a cross-section of secularists, liberals, urban intellectuals and minorities who are divided in their political views but are increasingly united in opposition to what they view as Mr. Erdogan and his Islamic allies' attempts to unilaterally impose their views on the country.
Actually, "people" — a majority of voters, or even a nontrivial minority — never "intend" divided government.
