In a world where society is driven primarily by our flaws, family can be a relative term that brings everything back down to earth. Because societies can sometimes be extremely divided, it is important to have a backbone and a community that understands your values, customs and practices. It has been said that “minority group” families, which in Canada or the United States might be considered anyone who is not Caucasian, are less stable in form and function than families that are part of the general social “majority.” In this essay, I would like to discuss how this statement is false. From racial and cultural differences, to relying on each other and growing as a unit, it is clear that minorities can have an even stronger relationship than those of the majority. First of all, we should decide what a “minority group” is. In North America, Arabs or Muslims, African-Americans and Indians or Sikhs and Hindus and even Asians are some of the most common minority groups you will come into contact with. Based on a study of ethnic minorities, it was found that “This study explored the impact of income status (low income vs. non-low income) on family functioning, social support, and quality of life in a community sample of 125 people". families. The sample identified as 17% Black or African American, 7% Latino, 4% Asian, and 66% White. (Mansfield, 2013) It seems that since these minorities used to be so rare, they are now the norm due to how much they have migrated, immigrated, or even repopulated in countries other than their own. These minority groups were so rare and misunderstood that, in a sense, they were forced to be open and understand each other's racial and cultural differences. When a... means of paper......has to really learn to fit into a community. In Ottawa, it is obvious that the number of mosques and synagogues is growing rapidly. Works Cited Huijnk, W., Verkuyten, M., & Coenders, M. (2013). Family relationships and attitudes towards ethnic minorities as close relatives by marriage. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 36(11), 1890-1909. Mansfield, A., Dealy, J., & Keitner, G. (2013). Family functioning and income: Does low-income status affect family functioning? The family diary, 21(3), 297-305. Comeau, J. (2012). Race/ethnicity and family contact: Toward a behavioral measure of familism. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 34(2), 251-268. Ellison, C., Wolfinger, N., & Ramos-Wada, A. (2013). Attitudes toward marriage, divorce, cohabitation, and casual sex among working-age Latinos: Does religion matter? Journal of Family Problems, 34(3), 295-322.