The Term Minority Group Is Potentially Ambiguous and Confusing, Particularly

question 25

Multiple Choice

The term minority group is potentially ambiguous and confusing, particularly for sociologists, because:

• A) they use the term to mean disadvantaged, not necessarily a group of less than 50 percent of the population
• B) they often disagree about the percentage of the population that is nonwhite
• C) sociology is a dynamic discipline that has difficulty with a static concept such as minority group
• D) the relative proportions of minority and majority groups change over time

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