When we ignore economic or political roots of problems such as poverty or homelessness,and focus instead on personal,family or cultural deficits,we are:

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Blaming the victim means putting the responsibility for their problems on the individual rather than recognizing systemic factors. Context minimization error is ignoring the larger societal context in which an individual's problems are situated. Both of these errors are made when we focus only on personal, family or cultural deficits and ignore economic or political roots of problems such as poverty or homelessness. Therefore, both (a) blaming the victim and (b) committing the context minimization error are the correct choices.

When We Ignore Economic or Political Roots of Problems Such