21.   A history of exclusion from state politics left racial minorities without clout to extract provisions for fair representation in the law-making forum.

22.   A racial minority?

23.   But we still need safeguards against reverting to the bad old days when white males promoted other white males and women and racial minorities were bypassed.

24.   Children are also less likely to be counted, as are other racial minorities and people who rent their homes.

25.   Children from racial minorities, distressed big-city neighborhoods or large families illegally crammed into small quarters were more likely than other children to be missed.

26.   Customs Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, a former New York City police commissioner, has insisted that racial minorities are not singled out.

27.   Democrats and Democratic-leaning groups argued that the count should be adjusted to make up for millions of people who were missed, mostly racial minorities and renters.

28.   Earlier, the Pentagon similarly resisted opportunities for racial minorities, and they too have proved they can carry military responsibility well.

29.   He did not mention such principal beneficiaries as women, racial minorities or the press.

30.   He benefited from a scholarship program for racial minorities, opening the doors to Yale, from which he graduated magna cum laude.