Although the Japanese consider themselves to be a homogeneous people, minorities do exist, and they often suffer discrimination.
Such a tiny minority could not exist behind the barrier that rose between them and all the rest of the world.
The Polish minority however still exists, especially in the Zaolzie region, where it amounts up to 40 000 people.
Come to think of it," said Ariel, "how can these minorities still exist if the original reasons for their endurance no longer do?
Other ethnic minorities also exist, mostly of Caucasian and Balkan stock.
However, minorities of each creed existed almost everywhere.
A small but significant Muslim and Sikh minorities also exist on the islands.
That such a significant minority exists at all is a sign of how much the once-monolithic party has already changed.
People running television live on the mean streets of Malibu, and minorities just don't exist in their world.
A small Jewish minority also exists within the shire.