they are disadvantaged just by being who they are as oftentimes the employers from the dominant group
would prefer to just hire their own.
Governments' forced migration of members of minority groups away from their areas and to other parts of the
countries for jobs are inherently abusive because they are forced. In addition, these programs alienate the
minority group members from their communities, families, and cultures and often place them in abusive and
discriminatory working conditions. We see these problems very clearly with the forcible transfer of young
Uyghur women and girls to work in factories in eastern China.
Governments should abandon the aforementioned development strategies. Instead, governments should
design development programs in minority areas in close consultation with and in partnership with the local
peoples. Those programs should expand on industries and trades in which the local peoples have
traditionally been engaged. Enhancing such traditional industries would make maximum use of the resources,
knowledge, and skills that have been developed over generations within those communities. Doing such
would also place the local people in prime positions to assume the roles of trainer, manager, supervisor, and
entrepreneur. In addition, for new industries that are introduced to minority areas, governments should invest