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Families and Their Social Worlds

Families and Their Social Worlds. Chapter 6: Race, Ethnicity, and Families. Increasing Diversity in the U.S. Immigration. Illegal Immigration. Defining Basic Concepts.

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Families and Their Social Worlds

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  1. Families and Their Social Worlds Chapter 6: Race, Ethnicity, and Families

  2. Increasing Diversity in the U.S.

  3. Immigration • Illegal Immigration

  4. Defining Basic Concepts • Race - A category composed of people who share real or alleged physical traits that members of a society deem as socially significant • Caucasian – A theoretical racial category comprised of those individuals with relatively light skin • Negroid - A theoretical racial category comprised of people with darker skin and other characteristics such as coarse curly hair • Mongoloid - A theoretical racial category representing those individuals who have characteristics such as yellow or brown skin and folds on their eyelids

  5. Defining Basic Concepts • Ethnicity – Representing culture, including language, place of origin, dress, food, religion, and other values • Ethnic Group – People who share specific cultural features • Minority Group – A category of people who have less power than the dominant group and who are subject to unequal treatment

  6. Defining Basic Concepts • Racism: Pervasive Problem That Affects Families • Racism – The belief that one racial group is superior or inferior to the others

  7. Defining Basic Concepts • Racism: Pervasive Problem That Affects Families • Racism – The belief that one racial group is superior or inferior to the others • Example: Loving Across the Color Line: A White Adoptive Mother Learns About Race • Who Counts as “Them”? • Ethnic Cleansing – The systematic killing, torturing, or removal of persons with the intention of eliminating a specific racial or ethnic group

  8. Hispanic and Latino Families • A Tapestry of Cultures • Hispanic Families Today • Family Focus: Health Insurance and Mexican American Families • Example: “Guadalupe”

  9. Black Families • Black Families Today • Economic Conditions • Family Focus: Blacks and Extended Families • Extended Families – Families that include other family members such as grandparents, uncles, aunts, or cousins, in addition to parents and children

  10. Asian American Families • Asian American Families Today • Example: One Child’s Very Special First Fourth of July • “Model Minority” • Family Focus: Generational Tension

  11. Social Policy and Family Resilience • Example: Affirmative Action • Affirmative Action – A set of social policies designed to increase opportunities for minority groups and one of the most misunderstood strategies of our time

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