marginalized

marginalized
   not belonging to a dominant racial or sexual group
   Supposedly living on the edge of a society which does you no favours:
    ... the political drive for 'empowerment' of 'marginalised' groups such as blacks, women and gays. (Mary Kenny in Sunday Telegraph, 30 January 1994)

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