Imagine you joined a book club. You notice that the people there speak the local language that you are not so familiar with. They dress in traditional clothes in contrast to casual wear which you prefer. They read self-help and business related books whereas you read sci-fi novels and thriller espionages. They do not think you are a true book lover since you have a different taste in books than them and so they talk differently to you. In the context of the chapter and this situation, what category of people do you think you fall in?

Majority

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Displaced

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Marginalised

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Minority

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The correct option is D Minority
In this situation, you are first a minority since your taste in books do not align with the mainstream interest of the club. Your fashion sense, the language barrier, and taste in books makes you different and since your interests are not shared by most of the people in the club, you are a minority. Now, since the others form conclusions about you and might force you to read other books which might not interest you, you become a marginalised person in the club.

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