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#363279 Fri, 11 May 07 07:28 AM

What does it mean by visible minorities in the following sentence? Are there invisible minorities? BTW, could you tell me an example of visible minorities in British, Canada or USA? Thanks a lot!

Trent University is an employment equity employer, and especially invites applications from women, aboriginal people, visible minorities and persons with disabilities.

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#363281 Fri, 11 May 07 07:37 AM

It seems strange that they specify visible minorities, and not just include all minorities. Visible minority - means people who are clearly part of a minority, for example Africans, whereas an invisible minority means people who are not obviously part of a minority, for example Irish people, who are counted as a minority in the UK but look just like British people.

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#363291 Fri, 11 May 07 07:52 AM

Hi nona, do you mean those Africans in UK is a visible minority? So, Chinese, Korean in UK are also visible minorities? Thanks.

Nona The Brit wrote:
It seems strange that they specify visible minorities, and not just include all minorities. Visible minority - means people who are clearly part of a minority, for example Africans, whereas an invisible minority means people who are not obviously part of a minority, for example Irish people, who are counted as a minority in the UK but look just like British people.

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#363354 Fri, 11 May 07 12:39 PM

>for example Irish people, who are counted as a minority in the UK but look just like British people.

Yep! We Irish are generally an audible minority - we distinguish ourselves by our accents.

Yes, invisible minorities tend to be composed of things such as religion, nationality and people who don't like football.
Trent University obviously wants people it can point to to prove it isn't biased or bigoted, they don't seem to want the invisible minority types.

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#363359 Fri, 11 May 07 12:51 PM

I believe visible minority means those with a distinct skin colour or feature . Poeple who you can easily tell which ethnic group they belong to . In England , this includes Chinese, Indians, Pakistanis and Black people .

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