The concept of “disadvantaged” used here is not centered primarily on those causes traditionally cited: race, ethnic group, poverty, or sex. Rather, the concept of “disadvantaged” here is focused on “denied access to the tools needed for self-sufficiency: a verb, that describes a process in which mainstream society acts in a way that “disadvantages” a particular group rather than the traditional adjective that describe a quality inherent to the group.

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