FMSC 381 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Limited English Proficiency, Temporary Assistance For Needy Families, 6 Years
27 Feb 2018
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Diversity: variation by class, race, ethnicity, and immigrant family life. Defining race and ethnicity: race: biological or social, ethnicity: linked to culture. Latino is an ethnicity, not race in us: minority status: not linked to numerical status, but power. Ethnic & racial groups: race and ethnicity are synonymous. African american/black: one ethnicity, many races. Culture: bottom up view: values and beliefs, behaviors. Structure: top down view: historical conditions, opportunity structures (jobs, education, law and policy, experiences of migration and place. Thursday, september 21, 2017: the great migration, rise of middle class. 1910: 3% of afr am population, 1970: 24% of afr am population, 1990: 49% of. Bipolarization of african american families- middle class and persistently poor underclass. High rates of alcoholism, physical health problems: urban vs. rez life , experiences of immigration. Asian american families: model minority , old immigrants vs southeast asian immigrants. Latino families: cuban and puerto rican, mexican.
