minority persecution
Targeting vulnerable groups
Minority persecution is the systematic mistreatment, discrimination, or violence directed at a group that differs from the dominant population—whether by ethnicity, religion, language, or other characteristics.
The term covers a spectrum from legal discrimination and social exclusion to genocide: The regime's minority persecution included forced relocations and mass arrests.
Historical examples include the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany and the Rohingya in Myanmar.
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- scapegoatingUnfairly assigning fault to innocents
- pogromViolent persecution of minorities
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
mass graves · ethnic cleansing · cultural erasure · hatred · marginalized · targeted · refugees · forced migration · diaspora · ghetto · apartheid · segregation · intolerance · bigotry · hate crimes · exclusion · violence · exile
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Safeguards for underrepresented populations
affirmative action · equal treatment · equal protection · tolerance · religious freedom
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Uniform handling regardless of identity
justice · nondiscrimination · equal rights · civil liberties · egalitarianism
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Willingness to accept difference
pluralism · multiculturalism · coexistence · inclusion · social harmony
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