Summary Of Oscar Lewis Culture Of Poverty

In the writing, Oscar Lewis explains about the culture of poverty. He states that the cycle of poverty is a result of the culture of poverty and it leads to the generation to generation. Then it becomes a barrier to class mobility. He also says the culture of poverty can come into being in a variety of historical context. The points that I want to criticize in terms of his culture of poverty are that the way he uses the concept of culture is absolutely poor and he ignores institutional racism.
Institutional racism is actually a major problem of the culture of poverty. It usually expresses in the practice of political and social institution and it does not live by middle-class value. In addition, he completely ignores the structural causes