In pem davidson buck's study of rural kentucky, she suggests that one main underlying source of poor whites' strife is that a. they've been convinced to identify with well-off whites rather than with minorities who share their economic struggles. b. by. their skill sets have not been updated for the technological age and so they are losing jobs to automation. c. they've been living with the conditions and consequences of poverty for so long that they have given up hope for improvement. d. their hometowns are unrecognizable to them, given the effects