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Definitions are required to continue with this analysis, Chua explains. "Indigenous" and "immigrant" are relative terms—often the immigrant community has an established history in the country. Still, it is a 'newer' Ethnicity than the local Population . The local populations are often unconnected to the outside world, ill-educated, and otherwise rendered incapable of entering into the closed culture of the wealthy minority. It is worthy to note that this incapability, instead of being qualified in racist terms, as it traditionally had been, is maintained through varied cultural differences, such as Language and Religion . In this respect, it differs from the situation in countries such as South Africa where the dominant minority held direct political power and was able to erect a direct system of racial discrimination.

Some of examples of market-dominant minorities mentioned by Chua {Link without Title} :