Two words

I’m looking for two words. Given the richness of the English language I am confident that they already exist or that the framework is there for them to appear as if by magic.

The first word describes a group of people who are, loosely speaking, a majority. Looking from the perspective of a minority group this group of people are, effectively, the others. Everyone else. The rest. The word needs to reflect the fact that, to all intents and purposes, this majority group has many of the characteristics of a minority (feel picked on, bullied, down trodden, ignored, not particularly well represented, feeling like they are doing all the compromising etc; you know the kind of thing) yet because they are the many they are not afforded the luxuries of representation, “pressure for change”, media bleating, hippy dancing etc. that are often afforded to smaller numbers of people. The word needs to reflect the unfairness of the situation. This is an important word because, more than likely, it describes you.

The second word describes a group of people who are indeed a minority group but who are not on “the list” of approved, special, “deserving”, cuddly etc. groups. Consequently they continue to be pushed around, bullied, made to pay because of what they are or what they do rather than because of the affect of their actions upon everyone else. The kind of people who are sacrificed at the alter of political expediency or subject to witch hunts (say by the media) on occasion. This minority group has no political agenda except self preservation. A word that describes those that are general supporters of minority groups (or who see it as important for minority groups to be well represented and protected) but for some reason do not support this particular group is “hypocrisy”.

I think these two words are important because they encapsulate important issues. Important issues that the blogosphere constantly talks about but which are never named. Because they don’t have names we find it hard to frame the bottom line of the issue we’re talking about. See those categories you create on your blog? These two words should be there.

So, any ideas? If these words don’t exist we should invent them because historians of the late 20th and early 21st centuries are going to need them.