Sudhir KumarAIR 42 · CSE 2017 · 182 wordsTheir whole copy
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Sub-culture of poverty is the culture created by people living in chronic poverty. This may look deviant to outsiders.
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Oscar Lewis introduced this concept to study poor. This culture is hereditarily passed. The need of this sub-culture is due to poor being marginalized.
Sub-culture of poverty distrusts political parties or mainstream institutions. Children are socialized by this sub-culture. Therefore it continues for long and therefore it is said that poverty breeds poverty. Such a culture block attempts at economic emancipation, development or change in norms, beliefs because poverty becomes a way of life.
This sub-culture of poverty is found in third-world countries like India. Poverty is celebrated for its virtues of innocence, being grounded. Poor lose all hopes of advancement and therefore shun their belief in mobility.
This deepens the sub-culture. Only way out of it is universal education to poor because then only poor can be given alternate socialization to culture to give them spirit to fight for development, rights.
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Oscar Lewis concept of sub-culture of poverty stands true and is very relevant in understanding problem of widespread slums and poverty.