Applied to nonwhite U.S.residents,the term minority is
A) increasingly inaccurate.
B) still accurate in states such as California and Texas.
C) accurate only for the female population.
D) the only politically correct option.
E) more accurate than ever before.

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A)The term minority as it applies to nonwhite residents makes less and less sense every year.In California and New Mexico,several dozen large cities,and about 10 percent of the counties across the United States,Caucasian Americans make up less than half of the population.It does not make sense that the term minority is only accurate for the female population as any group can be a minority.

Applied to Nonwhite U.S.residents,the Term Minority Is