ABSTRACT
According to Thomas Pogge, a minority is to be understood as a number of members of a given society who are considered to belong in a separate population group, and, therefore, (only because of their belonging in the group) they are dealt with differently, possibly worse than the remainder of the same society. Further, minority features may be normativized. To be considered as such, a minority must represent fewer than half the members of the considered society, and the discrimination they are faced with, or the risk thereof, must be substantial. No significant role in this definition is played by the subjective attitudes of minority members, as they may either be willing to be identified with a separate population group, or they may in stead strive, in their largest part at least, for integration into their society of residence. 1
