This chapter discusses briefly the minority group experiences in the U.S. of African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics, and American Indians. Beyond structural stressors that seem to influence the occurrence of violence in minority families are the attitudes held by majority group members toward minorities. This author discusses the implications of U.S. minority experiences for spousal abuse, physical child abuse, and child sexual abuse. Finally, the experiences of minority groups must also be considered when designing violence prevention interventions. Interventions must match client problems, encourage service use, and encourage community control of those services. 1 table, 3 notes, and 52 references