In the United States, minority status is usually based on Discrimination.
Explanation:
Minority groups refers to a group of people that are inferior, or lacks power in society despite of any skin color or any nation.
The old people is considered to be in a minority group with a decreased status that results from approved prejudice and discrimination against them. Economic, social, and enterprise discrimination also affects the minority status.
The values, practices and beliefs of a specific group including common language, religion, and heritages with different commoners are described as Ethnicity.
