Word: misdirectedâ
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Dates: during 1972-1972
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...stereotyping could have practical effects on Government efforts to aid the poor, because, as Coles sees it, shallow labels lead to shallow programs, or no programs at all. If, for example, Appalachia's poverty is attributed to the mountaineers' "backwardness" and "suspiciousness," efforts to help are bound to be misdirected???and thus bound to fail. If deprived people are thought to have no values worth preserving, then they will continue to be treated with condescension. As one ghetto woman complained to Coles: "They tell you they want to help you, but if you ask me they want to make...
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