selfdefined/11ty/definitions/minoritised.md

---
title: minoritised
slug: minoritised
defined: true
speech: adj
flag:
  level: better-alternative
  alt-for: minorities
reading:
  - text: Minority vs minoritize
    href: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/minority-vs-minoritize
---

groups resulting from social constructs have grant less power or representation compared to other members or groups in society

## Benefits

Minoritised places the emphasis on the power struggle, and on the systemic issues at play. It's also an adjective, which requires you to add "group" or "people" so it's people-first language

## Impact

It removes the pejorative nature of "minorities".