Oscar Lewis Was the First to Suggest That,because They Are

question 105

Multiple Choice

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 makes 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) oppression norms.

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