Minorities: What's a Minority?

Series: Minorities Series

Duration: 13

Year Published: 1972

Creator: Coronet Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 11Oct72 · MP23587 (Jan-Jun 1973) Copyright holder: Coronet Instructional Films, a division of Esquire, Inc Production company: MINORITY? Coronet Instructional Films

Description: Introduces the concept of "minority" and provides various academic and popular approaches to its definition. Concludes, through interviews with both experts and non-experts, that in the United States "minority group" refers to people who can be distinguished by physical characteristics, religious beliefs, and national origins which differ from the white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant model thought to make up the majority of the population. Points out that since the United States is a nation of minorities no group represents a true majority of the population.

Complete Record: Introduces the concept of "minority" and provides various academic and popular approaches to its definition. Concludes, through interviews with both experts and non-experts, that in the United States "minority group" refers to people who can be distinguished by physical characteristics, religious beliefs, and national origins which differ from the white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant model thought to make up the majority of the population. Points out that since the United States is a nation of minorities no group represents a true majority of the population., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.