ethnic
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The 2021 Myanmar military coup that ousted the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi supercharged decades-old opposition to the state by ethnic groups and plunged the Southeast Asian nation into a full-scale civil war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
The largest ethnic group in California, Latinos make up more than 40% of the state’s population and roughly a third of its voters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Latinos had the lowest turnout rates among the major racial and ethnic groups at 51 percent, compared with 71 percent among White voters and 60 percent among Black voters.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
For the explorer, the main highlight was spending time with the Baka tribe, a semi-nomadic indigenous ethnic group.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
He told them that he wanted the Sudetenland, the western portion of Czechoslovakia where another large ethnic German population lived.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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