answer the questions based on different readings

Test 6 Education, Socialization, and the 'Culture of Poverty'

1. Define the culture of poverty thesis. 2. Cite two problems with this model. 3. What is Eleanor Leacock's objective in comparing working class and middle class black and white kid?

Variations, Combinations, and Evolutions

1. Define assimilation. 2. State one reason why the author feels that the concept of assimilation does not apply to oppressed minorities in the same way it is applicable to European ethnic groups. 3. Define the underclass model and give one reason why this concept is problematic.