Oscar Lewis was the first to suggest that, because they are excluded from mainstream social life, the poor develop a way of life with fundamentally different values and goals, which make it much less likely that they will ever join the middle class. This way of life is usually called:

A. the culture of poverty.

B. the invisibility of poverty.

C. the social contract.

D. residential segregation.

E. oppression norms.

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Oscar Lewis was the first to suggest that, because they are excluded from mainstream social life, the poor develop a way of life with fundamentally different values and goals, which make it much less likely that they will ever join the middle class. This way of life is usually called:

A. the culture of poverty.

B. the invisibility of poverty.

C. the social contract.

D. residential segregation.

E. oppression norms.

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Ahmad Figueroa · Answer 1

A. the culture of poverty.

Explanation:

The culture of poverty is a term in political social theory that affirms that the beliefs of people living in poverty play a significant role in perpetuating their deprived status, continuing a cycle of poverty through generations.

This provides one way to understand why there is inequality amid efforts to combat poverty.