What are the consequences of a person-blame approach to social problems?

The Person blame approach talks about the fact that it is the action ,behavior of an individual that controls the fate of an individual.

For example: A person is unemployed because he wants to be unemployed

Explanation:

This theory  assumes that social problems are a result of  the individual pathologies.

CONSEQUENCES  of a person-blame approach to social problems are

The institution,educational system and the government are excluded and the blames shifts to the individual

The person blame approach does not held the government, the  economy, and the educational system (among other institutions) responsible  for any social problem.  The person blame approach ignores the inequalities  within the social system

It Promotes Stereotype Thinking

Person blame approach  reinforces stereotype thinking.

(e.g., the poor are  poor because they are lazy).

The person-blame approach tends to support the  Social Darwinist position that people are placed in the system according to  their ability or inability

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