Minorities are outsiders who choose to retain their otherness within a state.

Evidence

This raised a new problem, the problem of the outsider, the other, who wishes to retain his otherness; the one who dwells within the frontiers, but does not fully accept the identity, whether it be language, culture, religion, or citizenship, of the unity within which he lives—in other words, what we have got into the habit of calling minorities. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1017 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Nearly everyone belongs to some minority vulnerable to majority will — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 824; Full state embrace of one’s nationalist ideology forecloses minority accommodation. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 719; States build durable categories that tie unequal rights to separated groups. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 553 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Minorities are outsiders within frontiers who refuse full assimilation. #corroborates (0.95) — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1017