Minorities

The best answer would be to abandon the notion of ethnic minorities altogether. The whole idea of ethnicity is a spurious hangover from the past anyway. If it depends on DNA, then what about intermarriage and adoption? If it depends on ancestry, get out that copy of the Nuremberg laws. Cultural or linguistic definitions also fail?


Not only is the concept of an ethnic minority artificial, but the notion also engenders all sorts of bad attitudes and habits. It encourages clientilism, where self-appointed “community leaders” try to grab as much as possible from the public cake, in theory for their constituents, but in practice often for themselves. That encourages ill-feeling between the “minorities” and for the “majority” which feels left out. It leads to mis-spending of taxpayers’ money. Instead of dealing with specific problems (such as poverty, or dreadful schools) attention is diverted to a diffuse one (racism).