Cultures and Relations

Cultures and Relations

Many factors contribute to a life of poverty.  Visit the interview with William Julius Wilson.  Using Wilson and Farley, identify three reasons why family structure or family type may be an important cause of high rates of poverty among minorities.  Then, identify three reasons why family structure or family type may not be an important cause of high rates of poverty among minorities.  Finally, what are your thoughts on how these factors may (or may not) lead to poverty that cycle into the next generation?

Farley, J. (2012). Macro-Sociological Perspectives: The Order and Conflict Models. In Majority-Minority -Relations (6^th ed., p. 74-98). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

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Different family structures exist including the married without children, the singles with/ without children and the married with children. It has been determined that family structures with a single mom who has no husband tend to be the poorest and can remain poor for………………………………