Julian and his friends like to watch movies together. One movie focused on a young black man who rose out of poverty by playing basketball. His friend N'Cola commented that there would be no poverty if poor people simply tried to find employment. Julian said that the solution to poverty was not that simple and that N'Cola's understanding of how poverty worked was mistaken. What was the problem with N'Cola's argument?
A. It used the sociological perspective.
B. It ignores the context of broader social conditions.
C. It ignores the rules of sociology as a discipline.
D. It viewed an individual problem as a social problem.
Answer: B
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