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Originally Posted by Leslie Anne
So African-Americans are the only minorities? I don't think you quite understand what the word "minority" means. At its root, it's simply about percentages not cultural history.
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Minority isn't only about population representation.
It is also about power differentials in terms of majority and minority in power. You can be the majority in population representation but a minority in terms of power (i.e. (South) African Apartheid).
So history and power are also factors in being a minority group. Homosexual representation in the total population has yet to be uncovered. So we can only assume that they are indeed the minority based on a heterocentric culture (including power differentials), and dating, marriage, and natality data.
To partially add to an understanding of sigmadiva's comment, I do not consider homosexuals to be the same type of minority group that racial and ethnic and gender minority groups are. Sexual orientation is not a factor in many contexts whereas race, class, and gender are. Granted, race, class, and gender are often expressed through expressions of sexuality. But a homosexual white male, for instance, will benefit from white male privilege in most contexts before he is oppressed because of his sexual orientation.