Aproximaciones al concepto de minoria

The concept of minority is ambiguous; it has been used to theoretically invoke different realities of disadvantaged groups. It brings together certain contextual characteristics such as exceptionality, low relevance in decision-making, victimization, disadvantage and discrimination. These are “discrete” groups, in the sense of their little or no consideration by legal systems and they are, in some of the worst cases, subjects of fear and hatred.
There is no absolute concept but rather many and many ascriptions based on different criteria such as: ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, and other processes of social differentiation that are structuring current societies and whose consideration is key to peace, basic justice and the survival of the system.
The processes through which differences become a problem must be identified. It becomes relevant to eradicate harms and the different modalities of exclusion, through that difference as undervaluation that allows or justifies segregation and discrimination, on a scale that ranges from marginalisation to exclusion and even elimination. Each minority group has differing demands and therefore redress or emancipatory process vary. Broadly speaking, they translate into legal-political tolerance and equality—non-discrimination through various forms of State intervention.