The standard theories also fail to explain why East Asians and European Jews arrive as impoverished minorities yet within two or three generations proceed to join the élites.

Ethnicity can play an especially large part in determining health outcomes for impoverished minorities.

While well-off whites mainly inhabited the suburbs, the remaining city residents, primarily impoverished minorities, faced substantial obstacles to wealth.

Mr. Assad's roots in an isolated, impoverished religious minority made him an unlikely candidate to become leader of Syria.

Lebanon's large and impoverished Shiite minority, long a major loser in this system, has been increasingly radicalized - straight into the arms of Hezbollah.

He argues that the gangster image of American hip hop appeals to mostly young & impoverished minorities in France, as a means to oppose the racism and oppression they experience.

By early 20th century, Cochin GSBs were reduced to an impoverished minority.

Many Ecuadoreans, especially the large and impoverished Indian minority, feared that converting to dollars would lead to painful reductions in their already low living standards.

Therefore, impoverished minorities not only have to cope with having the smallest amount of resources for their educational faciliteis but also with having the least trained teachers in the nation.

The province has 900 villages in upland areas, which are inhabited mostly by impoverished ethnic minorities.