Student: Professor: Course title: Date: Identity of the minorities in the American society Introduction The minorities in the American societies have for a long time been subjected to unfair treatments. These emanate from the misconception of the majorities that the minorities are kind of lesser human beings who do not deserve to be treated with the dignity expected of human beings. Being minority in the American society shapes ones identity because of the association of the treatment and their humanity. This paper analyses how the identity of the minorities is shaped by their being minority. It also shades light on how the minorities are treated as well as how the treatment affects how those minorities see themselves. The minorities in American society A minority group denotes the sociological discrimination in which a group of people are regarded as of lesser class in comparison to the others. The discrimination is based on aspects such as ethnicity, wealth and race. Bates & Alicia (2849) discloses that; in the American society there are minorities that are based on the race and ethnicity. Following the discrimination, the minority rends have spread to make the group more minor in the perspective of wealth. The minority in terms of race and ethnicity turn to be the minority whe