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I am not complaining that others use the terms minority and majority differently to me, I am complaining that the terms have lost all meaning because they have

I am not complaining that others use the terms minority and majority differently to me, I am complaining that the terms have lost all meaning because they have been used so inconsistently. I would like us to use new terms with consistent meanings so we can talk constructively about serious issues. Yes I understand what the concept minority means in regards the US census even if the groupings are now mostly historical rather than informative. This breakdown in meaning is reflected in the growing percentage of the population who do not feel they belong uniquely to one of the census categories.

dalke 11y ago
There is no more ambiguity over the term "minority group" than there is over the term "Christian". Has the term "Christianity" lost all its meaning? Shall we stop talking about it until there's a well-defined term? The current interpretations of "minority" and "minority group" has been the primary definition for longer than you've likely been alive. You might as well complain about "calculus" because not only is it not dealing with pebbles, but it's really a short-hand for "calculus of infinitesimals", and not meant to include the calculus of variations or lambda calculus.