Richard T. Schaefer's What Is A Minority Group?

Since the beginning of mankind, people have considered themselves better or worse than others. What is terrible is that this philosophy hasn’t faded, even after humanistic ideas were introduced, which is what our society is based upon (Alznauer). What is a “minority group”? Richard T. Schaefer believes that it is a group whose members have significantly less control or power over their lives than members of a dominant or majority group, which isn’t limited to the mathematical majority. These include African Americans, and include religious groups such as Muslims (Schaefer). Minority groups such as these have been harassed for centuries all over the world, but especially in America. Although the groups may be prosecuted in similar ways, their