lec 6. Chapter 3. Dynamics and Diversity of Families

V Racial & Ethnic Diversity:census’99:29% color:13 black,11 Hisp,4 Asian, 1 Nat Am

1. Cult of Poverty:view see black sunk illegitim,poverty,welfare due to slavery

a. Ignores strengths: strong kinship bonds, role flexibility, elderly care

2 Black fams: long hist (unlike whites) dual earner & employed fem bigger role

a. egalitarian: responsibility/task more evenly divided b/ male/female

b. Familism: strong tradition of family loyalty and emphasis on family

c. Extended family household: much more likely than whites to live in

d. High divorce,out wedlock birth:52% w/child fem-head,5% dad head

e. Two parent households: only 36%; largely because low SES, esp pov

i. Mid/upper class: as stable as white fams; class @ explain race

3 Latino fams: diversity—twice single-par fams among Puerto Ricans as Cubans

a. unmarried mothers: 22% Cuban moms to 60% Puerto Rican

b. La familia:include extend fam grandpar,aunt,uncle,cousin living close

i. emerg:unites,coop;may be fictive kin:Cub compadres(godpars)

ii. machismo:trad fams;male dom exaggerate;decline dual earner

iii. importance of children: >1/3 Latino fams have 5+ children

4 Asian Am: view fam >import individual, self-control, appreciate cult heritage

a. Chinese Am families: emphasize familism; strict par author weakening

5 Native Am:extend fam sig;often based clan membership not birth,marriage

6. Exp Div:Ohlone arranged mar:boy make request parents,both sets par decide

a. after mar: youth stays with wife’s family for few months

i. approval wife’s pars needed: then allow live alone

b. Divorce:discourage;man/wom simply move out; can remarry

c. Sexuality: believe interferes with rel w/ spirit wld; weakens powers

d. Sexual restrictions: during menstruation, breastfeeding (2 years)

e. Accept Homosex: if boy imitate fem,wear clothes,can later marry man

f. Lesbian: accepted, but women not allowed to adopt male roles

g. Punishment: no corporal pun for children; taught by example