Question

Write one reason why you think the Constitution’s safeguards to protect minority communities are very important.

Answer 1

• To prevent the cultural domination of the majority community, it is important to safeguard and protect the minority communities.
• Constitutional safeguards protect the minority communities from disadvantage and discrimination.
• Minority communities may feel insecurity about their well-being, assets, and their lives when their numbers are very small in society.
• If there are tensions between the majority and minority communities, then the insecurity of minority communities gets accentuated.
• The Constitution is committed to promote equality, give justice to everyone, protect cultural diversity, hence the Constitution gives safeguards to its minority communities.