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It was a time when we became social guinea pigs, the subjects of Oscar Lewis' "culture of poverty" experiments and the like.
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They reject the corruption that has also contributed to Africa's poverty and embrace a culture of human rights aimed at protecting them and their girls.
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Here we had a movie about bank robbers, some of whom were pretty bad guys, which looked at the community, the culture, and the cycle of poverty and violence in Boston which turned one generation after another into criminals.
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Thus, apart from the direct ethics of suffering, justice and equality, there is another reason to support all reasonable means of poverty reduction: this is the only way to secure the ability of ordinary people to participate in debates about culture within their own communities.
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Their talks centred on the importance of education and culture for economic growth, and touched also on culture and development, poverty eradication, teacher training, girls education, and education for all.
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