Research also indicates that, in a place where a race or ethnicity is severely underrepresented, those who are underrepresented may experience isolation that can severely undermine their educational outcomes, not to mention their sense of belonging and well-being.
All sequences were incorporated into the EMPOP database enriching the severely underrepresented African mtDNA pool.
Women are severely underrepresented in leadership positions in industry, academia, and government.
In open landscapes, Floating Hydrophytes were severely underrepresented in very small depressions, owing to the absence of waterfowl population.
In his decision, the judge highlighted how "black and other minority firefighters have been severely underrepresented," characterizing that as a "persistent stain on the Fire Department's record".
In addition, he said black males are severely underrepresented in advanced placement settings and over-represented in special education classes for students with low test scores or behavior and discipline problems.
A former advertising executive first brought the problem to the attention of the commission, which decided to focus on black workers as officials discovered that they were more severely underrepresented than other groups, Ms. Gatling said.
"The food that I was cooking is so severely underrepresented, anyway, that a lot of people don't really understand where that food actually comes from and how important it is to certain people," Adjepong said.
Such lopsided access to gateways of opportunity and power — say, with whites being severely underrepresented at schools like Harvard — has the potential to fuel dangerous resentment and disturb social peace, at least if the change occurs too far ahead of demographic changes that are projected to make whites a minority in this country in less than three decades.
