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It sounds like they mean "systemically mistreated".

In what countries are over-represented groups mistreated by systems or institutions?




It's not that rare - Iraq, South Africa, Liberia.


I think we're using different terms here.

To me (and, I suspect, to Gitlab), "underrepresented" means "present in lower proportions than in the general population".

South Africa, to use one of your examples, has a majority Black African population (80%), but business management is overwhelmingly White[1] (67%).

That means Black African people are simultaneously the majority of the country and also underrepresented minorities that struggle with systemic, institutional racism.

1. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48123937




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