Talk:Visible minority

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Not all LAtin Americans are not visible minorities, it depend on what country they are from. White Brazilians (50% of their population), Argentines and Uruguayans (both 90% caucasians) are not visible minorities.

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Regarding the above comment: In Canada, under HRDC practice, anyone of Latin American ancestry can legitimately claim to be a member of a visible minority. It is a paradox that someone can be of 100% European ancestry (a Uruguayan, for example) and yet be a visible minority, but that's the how the term is used by the agency that administers employment equity legislation in Canada. Much hinges on how the person perceives his/her own ethnicity and/or racial background. Canadian2006 (talk) 22:29, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Could you point to reference in HRSDC website regarding this issue? You are essentially suggesting that being a visible minority is a sobjective matter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.132.118.101 (talk) 22:46, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

In response to 217.132.118.101 (above), who stated "You are essentially suggesting that being a visible minority is a subjective matter." Yes, exactly! Racial identity and ethnic identity are, at their hearts, subjective matters, especially in situations where a person straddles the customary racial/ethnic categories. If you're thinking of employment equity as it applies to visible minorities, the underlying premise of e.e. has been to assume good-faith intentions all round rather than attempt to create some sort of formal racial classification system. I'm not aware of any HRSDC website that addresses this directly, but consider some of the print references in the Wikipedia employment equity article. Canadian2006 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

I would like to add the following remark : Contrary to what the article states, "Visible Minority" is also frequently used in France ("Minorités visibles"), especially in newspaper articles, though it is not 100% politically correct.

"In March, 2007, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination described the term as racist, as it singles out a specific group." That's not being racist, that's being specific! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.86.235.225 (talk) 17:07, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Origin

Where when why how by whom was the term coined? jnestorius^(talk) 22:45, 30 October 2007 (UTC)