Ethnic stratification entails the differential classification of national or ethnic groups into a specific segment, often signaling a kind of ethnic inequality in which some ethnic groups inhabit more advantageous segments than others. According to the reading, secessionist minorities "desire neither assimilation nor cultural autonomy." On the other hand, militant minorities undertake as their ideal aim, not withdrawal, but instead as the dominant group in society. Secessionist minorities tend to withdraw themselves from the larger society. Secessionist minorities aim to create a new state independent from the territory or group it seceded from.