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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Oscar Lewis coined the term "culture of poverty" to describe the way of life that develops among the poor due to their exclusion from the mainstream social and economic life. This culture has different values and goals than that of the middle class, making it less likely for the poor to escape poverty.

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