How Neglecting Minorities in Medical Research Has Led to Deadly Outcomes

Re:How Neglecting Minorities in Medical Research Has Led to ... by blaurenceclark on Thursday January 11, 2018 @12:58PM (#16126019)

No single group that is currently a "minority" would overtake the white population, therefore every other population in the US would still be considered a Minority until there is an equal or more number of a single minority than there are white Americans.

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Re:How Neglecting Minorities in Medical Research Has Led to ... by pacala on Thursday January 11, 2018 @01:10PM (#16126150)

Mathematically, if no population is a majority, then the country is 100 percent minority.

You might be hang up on the additional narrative attached to the word “minority”. Consider using “underpriviledged ethnic group", as a. not even today all ethnic groups are equal and b. it is entirely possible some other ethnic group to raise to demographic majority status, and still exhibit the socioeconomic characteristics of a poor population.

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Re:How Neglecting Minorities in Medical Research Has Led to ... by yannyu on Thursday January 11, 2018 @03:52PM (#16127725)

Or maybe words are imprecise and fluid and the majority of people understand the intended message even if it's "technically incorrect".

>You might be hang up on the additional narrative attached to the word “minority”.

You can't separate words from their "additional narratives" and expect all people to understand what you're attempting to convey. The context and connotation around words is absolutely necessary for communication, and to eschew it leads to poorer communication.

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