Question

What is the "Culture of Poverty Theory?"

Answer 1

How in depth should I go.......

Answer 2

Just the basics, it's not an essay question or anything.

Answer 3

Culture of poverty refers to a social theory that explains the cycle of poverty. It is based on the concept that the poor have a unique value system and the poor remain in poverty because of their adaptations to the burdens of poverty. The concept was made prominent in the civil rights debate by Daniel Patrick Moynihan in 1965 that contends poor African Americans perpetuate a culture that is pathological and that the negative social behaviors are passed on from generation to generation.

Answer 4

Copy and paste, haha.

Answer 5

Yep.

Answer 6

That is what I thought it was, but I wasn't confident enough to try and word it myself. My answer, in my own words would have been much... MUCH longer. Rambling on and on until I get something that remotely resembles the theory. This worked out better.