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

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Sage Huang

23 December, 14:52

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

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Prince Harrington · Answer 1

A. the culture of poverty.

Explanation:

Well known anthropologist, Oscar Lewis studied poor families and Mexico and Puerto Rico to explain how poverty is affected by people's values and cultural norms. He viewed that children who grew up in poor families internalize the values of desperation and hopelessness which became the cause of their impoverished conditions, and the cycle of poverty goes on like this.