Minorities and Marginalization


 
 
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Minorities and Marginalization

Minorities and Marginalization:

The constitution provides these safeguards to religious and linguistic minorities as part of our fundamental rights. The term minority is most commonly used to refer to communities that are numerically small in relation to the rest of the population. However, it is a concept that goes well beyond numbers.

it encompasses issues of power, access to resources and has social and cultural dimensions. The Indian constitution recognized that the culture of the majority influences the way in which society and government might express themselves. In such cases, size can be a disadvantage and lead to the marginalization of the relatively smaller communities. Thus, safeguard are needed to protect minority communities that are small in number relative to the rest of society may feel insecure about their lives, assets and well-being. This sense of insecurity may get accentuated if the relations between the minority and majority communities area fraught.

The constitution provides these safeguards because it is committed to protecting India’s cultural diversity and promoting equality as well as justice.

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Question : 1

Re-read the section on Minorities and Marginalisation. What do you understand by the term minority?

Right Option : A
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Question : 2

Minority means :
 

Right Option : B
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Question : 3

Explain the reason why groups may be marginalized.
 

Right Option : C
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