The New Right View on Ethnic Inequality Flashcards
1
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What did Murray claim
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In the 1980s that Black people in the USA were part of a dysfunctional underclass brought about by a too-generous welfare system which discouraged work.
2
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What did Murray argue about this underclass
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Largely made up of never-married Black single mothers and young men who lacked father and therefore positive role models
3
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What did Murray say about the young men in the underclass
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Grew up to be anti-work, dependent on benefits, antisocial and criminals
4
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What is a criticism of Murray
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He has been criticised for blaming people for their own poverty, other sociologists point out that poverty is not caused by welfare dependancy but by economic and global factors in which the poor have no control
