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Key Concepts/Vocab Flashcards

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Genealogy

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the study of ancestry & family history

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Family (working definition)

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Group of related people bound by connections that are biological, legal, or emotional

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personal family

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people to whom we feel related & who we expect to define us as members of their family

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legal family

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group of individuals related by birth, marriage, or adoption

–>A state-imposed legal definition that carries many rights & responsibilities overseen by the gov’t –> implications for resource distribution

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institutional arena

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a social space in which relations between people in common positions are governed by accepted informal rules of interaction

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family arena

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institutional arena where people practice intimacy, childbearing & socialization, and caring work

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state arena

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where behavior is regulated through political mean, violence is controlled, & resources are redistributed

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market arena

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the institutional arena where labor for pay, economic exchange, and wealth accumulation take place

–> state has direct interaction w/ the market through the regulation of economic organizations and tax and fee collections

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consensus perspective (Talcott Parsons)

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projects the image of society as collective expression of shared norms & values

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structural functionalism (Émile Durkheim)

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assumes there is a good reason for things to be the way they are & explains based on this premise

emphasis on breadwinner-homemaker family: employed father, non-employed mother, children

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conflict perspective

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opposition & conflict define a given society & are necessary for social evolution; conflict can create positive change and doesn’t threaten social stability

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feminism

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seeks to understand & reduce inequality b/ween men & women

3 contributions of feminism:
1) gender inequality is central to family life
2) family structure is socially constructed
3) feminist theorists in subsequent generations argued that gender perspectives are not uniform

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gender socialization

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process by which individuals internalize elements of the social structure in their own personalities

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exchange theory

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theory that individuals or groups w/ diff resources, strengths, and weaknesses enter into mutual relationships to maximize their own gains

–> division of housework—men’s greater earning power gives them stronger bargaining position

–>Women inclined to accept arrangements where they’re the weaker parties—> take on time-consuming household tasks

–>each party considers the costs and benefits of their actions and their partnerships are rational and deliberate

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symbolic interactionism

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theory concerned w/ ability of humans to see themselves through the eye of others and to enact social roles based on others’ expectations t
Need to look at what ppl do vs what they say or what things mean to them

–>Social roles= symbols
–>Actions form the basis for understanding
–>Meaning can only be understood by studying the actions of individuals

A sense of self & identity is formed

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modernity

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theory of the historical emergence of the individual as an actor of society and how individuality changed personal & institutional relations

Personal taste & choice have become institutionalized and are expected of individuals

The “modern individual is socially constructed as a “citizen” with personal rights

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first modernity

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’60s and before
More divorce, increasing age at first marriage, fewer children, fewer people living in extended families

Free choice, but “normal” family standard remained intact

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second modernity

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since ’70s –> diversity & individuality as new norm
Acting individually supported by state & market–> people seen as individuals instead of family members

Family wage: the amount necessary for a male earner to provide subsistence for his wife & children w/o them having to work for pay

Most employers don’t consider it necessary to pay a family wage to male workers as in the post

“Institutionalized individualization”–> tremendous fragmentation of family identities & big psych burden on people

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demographic perspective

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study of how family behavior & household structures contribute to large population processes

focus on birth, death, migration; researchers interested in childbirth

looks for patterns and what is “normal”: traditional “normal” progressions

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life course perspective

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study of family trajectories of individuals and groups as they progress through lives, in social & historical context

goal: place family events in a historical context

recognizes importance of timing

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bias

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tendency to impose previously held views on the collection & interpretation of fact

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sample surveys

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identical questions asked of many diff people & answers gathered into one large data file

–> effective in predicting people’s behavior

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longitudinal surveys

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same people are interviewed over a period of time

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in-depth interviews

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used to avoid assumptions and superficial answers; rely on answers provided to the researcher

–>Interpersonal dynamics & subtleties best studied through direct observation & interaction (ethnography)

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time use studies

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surveys that collect data on how people spend their time during a sample period

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time diary studies

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people record what they were doing, where they were, who they were with for small increments of time over an entire day

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The granting of marriage licenses is an example of which arenas interacting?

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state & family

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According to conflict theories, who benefits from family structures where
women stay home and men work for pay

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men and employers

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Rosa thinks of her mother’s best friend, Maria, as her aunt, and Maria treats
Rosa as her niece. Rosa and Maria could be labeled a(n)

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personal family

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According to recent feminist family theorists, which statement is true?

A. Family types are biologically determined and rarely change.
B. What’s good for some women is good for all women.
C. Men and women have very similar experiences of family life.
D. Family types are socially constructed

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D. Family types are socially constructed

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Which theory sees people as individuals entering into mutual relationships
to maximize their own gains?

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exchange theory

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For the purposes of the contemporary U.S. Census, a family
A. must occupy the same household.
B. may occupy several households.
C. includes a man and his family.
D. includes unmarried partners

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A. must occupy the same household

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The demographic perspective in family studies focuses most on

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family and household structures

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4 historical trends of family

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  1. Most people today live much longer than people did in the past
  2. People today have fewer children than people did in the past
  3. Family members perform fewer functional tasks at home
    –> Technological innovations—laundry machines, roombas, dishwashers..
  4. Families have become more diverse in recent decades
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nuclear family

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a married, monogamous couple living with their own (usually biological) children and no extended family members

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monogamy

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marriage of one person to another

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polygamy

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marriage in which one person has several spouses

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Themes of European family systems –> legacy on American family life

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  1. Prominent religious regulation by Christian churches
  2. Extreme inequality and separate family worlds of the rich and poor
  3. Family relations were not matters of personal choices; marriage was a political and economic institution
  4. Patriarchy: the system of men’s control over property, fathers’ authority over family
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matrilineal descent

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family system in which wealth & power are transmitted from mothers to daughterslocal

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European colonists’ influence

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—> marriage out of necessity rather than love
–> marriage maintained civility & social structure; free will & choice more endorsed
–> Protestant doctrine: gave men power over wives and power to local community leaders (imposed Christian doctrine on marriage)
–> women’s survival depended on conformity

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coverture

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legal doctrine that incorporated wives under into their husbands’ citizenship

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Calvinist view

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children were guilty of sin and needed to be controlled through the discipline and work

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extended families

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family households in which relatives beyond parents and children live together

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stem family

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the household formed by one grown child remaining in the family home with his/her parents

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African Americans

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–> 1619-mid-1800s: sold into slavery
–> slavery disrupted cultural groups w/ diff kinship networks, languages, and traditions
–> recognition of family lineages was difficulty bc of name erasure
–> unions between enslaved people were not recognized

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modern family (1820-1900)

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*democracy & industrial capitalism –> new ideas, laws, and growth of the market economy

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courtship

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practice where young people had choice about their partner but still remained under parental control

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Children and Families

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number of children per family dropped
-> birth control
–>desired fewer children
new ideals
–> children’s individuality
–> change in Calvinist view: children were now seen blank states of innocence

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separate spheres

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doctrine under which a woman’s place was in the private
sphere, which included family life and the home, while
a man’s place was in the public sphere

–> women expected to make home a sanctuary from the industrial world
–> created impression of wives’ dependency on husbands

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monogamous morality

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-rules that included monogamy, a moral standard for women to be faithful to their husbands, and husbands supporting their wives and children economically

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patterns for African American families

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-more gender equality than White families based on women’s economic roles
-more fragile marriages bc of poverty
-stronger extended family networks

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Asian Americans

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-Chinese Exclusion Act—> cut off new immigration, led tp few Chinese women being able to join Chinese men in the U.S.

–> these men remained unmarried bc prohibition of interracial marriage

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Mexican Americans

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–> new Mexican Amer. were poor farmers after large commercial farmers put them out of business
–> Latino family life in early America: long periods of separation, need for strong family bonds and extended family care relationships

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companionship family

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ideal type of family characterized by mutual affection, equality, and comradeship of its members

–> ideal, not a reality
–> shared by White middle-class families

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companionate marriage

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marriage as a friendship & romance, rather than a platform for cooperation and survival

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dating

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mate selection process in which young adults spend time w/ a variety of partners before making long-term commitment
–>authority of young men who initiated and paid for dates, instead of parental authority

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family wage

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amount necessary for a male earner to provide for his wife and children (who don’t work for pay)

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baby boom

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period of high birth rates in U.S. between 1946-1964

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deviation from “traditional” family

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–> rise in women’s employment
–> state forces helped people live more independently

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weaknesses of companionate marriage model

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  1. never a truly equal partnership bc women made less money (patriarchy)
  2. affection was all that held a marriage together
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Patterns of modern relationships (end of 20th c)

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  1. living independently w/o a spouse of relatives has become more common
  2. increasing physical separation from family members heightens independence
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double-edged sword nature of independence in institutional arenas

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State–> independence marked by citizenship, but citizenship rights come with responsibilities (regulation of choices)

Market–> independence expressed by the role of worker, but freedom to contract labor allows employers to hire and fire at will

Family: independence represented by marriage choice, but independence introduced a sense of instability

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Changes in emotional bonds between children & families

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  • growing crisis of grandparents’ loneliness (increasing distance and financial independence of family members)
  • grandparents becoming caregivers of children
  • “sandwich generation”–> middle-class, middle-aged adults who care for elderly parents AND adolescents while going through midlife crises
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key ideas of biology, race, & ethnicity

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“races” attempted to classify and rank groups of people by outward appearance
–> Biology doesn’t support the classification of people into races
–> skin color is a bio adaptation to help people survive near the equator, but other visible differences have evolved randomly
–>One-drop rule—based on economic interests of male lave owners, who made sure that the children they fathered with Black slave women remained their property instead of becoming heirs
–> race & ethnicity are socially constructed

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race

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group of people believed to share common descent, based on perceived innate physical similarities

–> More stable

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ethnicity

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a group of people with a common cultural identification, based on a combo of language, religion, ancestral original, or traditional practices
–>Can change over a person’s lifetime, from one social setting to another

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endogamy

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marriage and reproduction within a distinct groupe

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exogamy

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marriage and reproduction outside one’s distinct group

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minority group

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a racial or ethnic group that occupies a subordinate status in society
–> smaller than dominant group
–> status raises questions about rights and social justice

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race socialization

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the specific verbal & nonverbal messages that generations transmit to younger generations regarding the meaning and significance of race

–> parents of color, esp Black parents, discuss their heritage w/ children more often than White parents

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resocialization

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the process whereby people learn new rules and norms upon entering a new social world

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desocialization

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the process whereby people unlearn rules and norms upon exiting a social world

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anticipatory socialization

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the process whereby we learn about a social role in advance of enacting the role

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American Indian society values

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-value of cooperation over competition
-well-being of the collective < individual (collectivism)
-spiritual orientation
-acceptance of informal same-sex marriage
-some tribes practiced polygamy

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W.E.B Du Bois on slavery

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the oppression of slavery & discrimination in urban relined districts –> devastating consequences for Black family life

–> Black community in Philadelphia had low marriage rates and more single mothers and unmarried couples cohabiting in the city that there were among Whites

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Black women & family resilience

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-became strong leaders and workers out of necessity to keep families out of poverty
–> seen as resilient and adaptive
–> post Civil War, many Black Americans upheld separate spheres & nuclear family models

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Black family dynamics (urban poverty, retreat from marriage)

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*today there exists a highly visible Black middle class

–> high poverty rate due to deindustrialization–production of goods to production of services

–drop in marriage rates due to: economic instability, shortage of Black men (higher mortality and incarceration rates, Black men marrying outside of race)

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Latinx culture & diversity

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flow of immigrants helps maintain cultural continuity (high level of transnationalism)

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familism

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personal outlook that puts family obligations first, followed by individual’s needs
–> strong intergenerational ties
–>2-3x more likely to live in extended families than other groups

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Asian Americans and diversity

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Confucian-based education

–parental support for education is why >11 % of Asian Americans ages 18-24 are high school dropouts

-filial piety–>respect and care for elders
-older Asian-American immigrants are well-integrated, but impacted by rise in anti-Asian hate
-overall relatively high incomes & occupational status

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Immigration overview

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-almost 15% of U.S. residents are immigrants
-current wave of immigration dates to 1965–> reform that allowed the immigration of spouses, children, and parents of citizens; termination of quota system
-family reunification==> mauy increase social distance between immigrant groups & society

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acculturation

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the acquisition of a new culture and language

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consonant acculturation

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parents and children together gradually transition away from their home culture and language

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dissonant acculturation

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children develop English ability more quickly and integrate into the new society more easily than their parents

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assimilation

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gradual reduction of ethnic distinction between immigrants and the mainstream society

–> successful only when host society accepts the new group

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immigrant generations & family issues

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1) 0.5 generation–> retirement age; joined their families in the U.S. at older ages and may feel more isolated and dependent on children; provide connection to homeland for grandchildren
2) 1st gen–> working-age adulthood; classic immigrants who bring the family to the U.S. and may never feel integrated into the new society
3) 1.5 gen–> childhood (ages 6-12); learned to speak a diff language and may speak English imperfectly, often the most acculturated members of the immigrant family
4) 2nd gen–> children of immigrants; born and raised in U.S. and are transitional generation
5) 3rd gen–> grandchildren of immigrants; may retain their identity as part of an immigrant family but see their ethnicity as family history rather than own experience

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social distance

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level of acceptance that members of one group have toward members of another

–> intermarriage

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Undocumented immigration & immigration policy

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-1/4 of all immigrants are undocumented
-about 2/3 of undocumented immigrants have been in the country for 10 yrs+
-immigration policy risk–separation of families
-undocumented immigrants have children who are citizens by virtue of being born in the U.S.

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Lin marries someone from their cultural group. Which term best applies to
this situation?

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endogamy

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Ernesto is a Cuban American living near Miami in South Florida. Which
statement about Ernesto is correct?

A. Ernesto’s race is Hispanic.
B. Ernesto’s ethnicity is Cuban.
C. Ernesto’s ethnicity is Caucasian.
D. Ernesto is not a minority because of the large number of Cuban Americans
living in South Florida.

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Ernesto’s ethnicity is Cuban

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Catalina, a Latina immigrant, set aside her dreams of continuing her education in order to work and send money to her family in her country of origin. This is an example of the cultural trait of:

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familism

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José and Maria came to the United States from Mexico with their parents. They quickly learned English, but their parents struggle with it and want to continue to
speak Spanish at home to maintain their culture. This is an example of

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dissonant acculturation

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