While the culture of poverty explanation seems to overlook several factors in poverty, such as social structure opportunity, and an individual’s initiative, it sadly is the most logical, at least within the United States. There is this attitude among those who live in poverty that they are permanently stuck where they are. Interestingly enough, chapter 7 in the textbook briefly uses Oprah Winfrey as an example of a rare case where an individual has managed to successfully make the climb from abject poverty to wealth and stardom (Pg. 208). The viewpoint that this would espouse is one where very few poorer people ever become successful; however, quick search on any reputable site would seem to disprove this relatively quickly. Many sports
