SOCIOL 2R03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Oscar Lewis, Alejandro Portes, Gunnar Myrdal
Document Summary
Based on the works of oscar lewis 1961, 1968 (sernau, 2017: 130) - interested in understanding persistent unemployment - discrimination and a lack of social networks limiting mobility. Did not intend to blame the victim for their own position is society. Poor families develop fatalistic values and attitudes. Generational with its affect on children (parents" debt) Culture of poverty puts the blame on the poor. Ignores or minimizes the structural basis of poverty. Latinos earning wages below the poverty level. Middle class has gained a lot of money based off the equity of their homes because they"re worth more now than what they bought them for. Great discrepancy/disconnect between the country"s ideals of freedom and equality and the reality that it was built on racial oppression and inequality (cited in sernau, 2017: 132) Middleman minorities and ethnic solidarities ( sernau, 2017: 135-137 / 126-127) Think about their positioning as model minorities and the rise of cultural misunderstandings (page 128)
