Minority Groups--A Revision of Concepts

  title={Minority Groups--A Revision of Concepts},
  author={Emerich K. Francis},
tTAHE PROBLEM of what should be understood by a nation, a people, | a race, a nationality, an ethnic group, a minority group, and so on, s has been a vexing one ever since these terms have come into use. There is a long and frustrating road from Renan's question " Q?w'esE-ce-qu'?wne nation ? 2 1 to the puzzling assertion of two recent authors that " the mere fact of being generally hated because of religious, racial or nationality background is what defines a minority group".2 The general… CONTINUE READING