The text points out that the model of five basic properties of a minority or subordinate group can be applied to older people in the USA. Which of the following is NOT one of those basic properties?
A. older people experience unequal treatment in employment and may face prejudice and discrimination
B. statistically, the elderly represent a majority
C. membership in this group is involuntarily
D. older people have a string sense of group solidarity
Ans: B. statistically, the elderly represent a majority
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