The United States, accordingly, is perceived throughout the world as a successful experiment in ethnic mixing, the preeminent melting pot to many.Another, strikingly successful example of a multiethnic country is Switzerland, where French-, German-, and Italian-speakers divided between Roman Catholic and Protestant adherents live and work in exceptional harmony and prosperity. TM ® & © 2016 Scholastic Inc. All Rights Reserved.An ethnic minority is a group of people who differ in race or color or in national, religious, or cultural origin from the dominant group — often the majority population — of the country in which they live. In terms of monitoring, human rights treaty bodies (in particular the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and Human Rights Committee) as well as special procedures have been paying increasing attention to situations and rights of persons belonging to minorities.Since 2005, the focal point at the United Nations is the Independent Expert on minority issues whose mandate is to promote the implementation of the 1992 Declaration. It was made explicit by Virginia and other colonies' laws as early as 1662. According to Sider's theory, Whites were more easily able to acquire Amerindian lands. He concluded that 21 percent of white Americans had some recent African-American ancestors. In the 17th century English Puritans and French Huguenots emigrated to the New World in search of toleration. 'Race and ethnicity in the United States is a complex topic because the United States of America has a racially and ethnically diverse population. Lindgren-Alves, member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, speaking at the Committee's 67th Session (Summary Record of the 1724th Meeting, 23 August 2005, CERD/C/SR.1724) A brief introduction on the ethnic minorities in China. A brief introduction on the ethnic minorities in China. Usually this took place in a generation or two, in some cases longer. Many have started language programs to revive use of traditional languages; some have established Today more than 800,000 to one million persons claim Cherokee descent in part or as full-bloods; of these, an estimated 300,000 live in California, 70,000–160,000 in Some demographers believe that by the year 2025, the last full-blooded Native Hawaiian will die off, leaving a culturally distinct, but racially mixed population.There are an estimated 9–11 million Middle Eastern Americans according to the U.S. Census,The United States Census Bureau is presently finalizing the ethnic classification of MENA populations. All countries contain some degree of racial, ethnic, or linguistic diversity. In Japan, for example, the ethnic majority, as measured by the government, embraces some 99 percent of the population; Koreans, the only measurable minority, make up less than half a percent.

It also contains measures which States could implement to create an environment conducive to the enjoyment of such rights, for example, through encouraging public knowledge of the history, traditions, language and culture of minorities existing within their territories and enabling persons belonging to minorities to participate fully in the economic progress and development of their country. According to Pew Research Center the Latino population has been the principal driver of United States demographic growth since 2000. More about Bridge Program. To flood target nations with helpless imbeciles is the reverse of what usually happens. When these eventually earned their freedom, the planter aristocracy found a cheaper and more permanent substitute kidnapped and enslaved Africans sold as chattel whose children and later progeny likewise became personal property.The demands of industrialization and a corresponding need for a large pool of cheap labor acted as a magnet attracting a flood of immigration from southern and eastern Europe, to replace the upwardly mobile Irish-Americans, at the turn of the 20th century. Vulnerable People National, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities.

The list makes a clear description on the 55 ethnic groups from the aspects of distribution, eating habits, beliefs and unique customs. For example, over 270,000 people from Guyana, a South American country, reside in the US.The legal and official designation of who is Native American has aroused controversy by demographers, tribal nations, and government officials for many decades.

This category is for issues of concern to minorities, it is not intended to list minority ethnic groups since most ethnic groups can be considered to be minorities in one context or another.