Discuss institutional discrimination and ways it traps the poor in a cycle of poverty
What will be an ideal response?
Feedback: Insitutional discrimination is when the customary ways of doing things, prevailing attitudes and expectations, and accepted structural arrangements work to the disadvantage of the poor. Two ways institutional discrimination trap the poor in a cycle of poverty are education and health. Poor children are not expected to do well in school, and so are not given the resources to succeed in school or to attend college. Poor people have less access to preventive and other health care, and frequently work in jobs without sick leave, so lose their jobs when they miss work due to illness, leaving them with less money to maintain their health.
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What will be an ideal response?
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