Minority Group: A minority group is a group of people who fundamentally have less advantages in a society. They are denied equal access to advantages in life that others are born with.
Race: Race is a social construction and does not have biological roots. Race is a reification and exists only through interactions and is based on the difference between people.
Representation: A common disadvantage to races is the lack of representation in media forms. In the invisible knapsack, one of the advantages is "opening the paper and seeing people pf your race widely represented". It seems like large cooperations try to make up for this by randomly using stock footage of a different race person to meet with demands and appear to be diverse. Even though racism is in our institutions. It seems like they do this in shows and movies as well, having an all white cast with the single African-American cast member.
Life Chances: The life chances of someone who does not speak English or is "of color" is grimmer than those with advantages. It is a chain of events that starts off behind, leads to lack of education and then lack of high levels of education, then leads to lower paying jobs and therefore repeats the cycle.
Invisible Knapsack: The invisible knapsack is a figure of speech that refers to things such as white privilege. The knapsack contains unlearned things you are born with that give you advantages. The knapsack is a metaphor for the invisible privileges.
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