We don’t need policies to make families all the same, we need policies that help families survive; policies that minimize the negative impact of some of the larger structural factors for families For example, Taylor is suggesting several reforms to policy to help address the high levels of female headed households among poor African Americans and the decline in marriages among African Americans p. 439 – Reinstate welfare Need programs to address health concerns Improve education Economic labor market strategy improve the economic and employment – prospects of African Americans’ in this changing economic structure Raise education level of youth Increase employment training Enforce anti-discrimination laws Rebuild social and economic infrastructure of cities Are any of your agencies with whom you are DISCUSSION QUESTION: working this semester through your service-learning projects trying to address any of these concerns for ethnic minority families? Or families at the lower end of our stratification system? How? Or why not? Reading 32 Diversity within African American Families – Taylor Reading 33 Diversity within Latino Families: New Lessons for Family Social Science – Baca Zinn and Wells
We don’t need policies to make families all the same, we need policies that help families survive; policies that minimize the negative impact of some of the larger structural factors for families For example, Taylor is suggesting several reforms to policy to help address the high levels of female headed households among poor African Americans and the decline in marriages among African Americans – p. 439 Reinstate welfare Need programs to address health concerns Improve education Economic labor market strategy – improve the economic and employment prospects of African Americans’ in this changing economic structure Raise education level of youth Increase employment training Enforce anti-discrimination laws Rebuild social and economic infrastructure of cities DISCUSSION QUESTION: Are any of your agencies with whom you are working this semester through your service-learning projects trying to address any of these concerns for ethnic minority families? Or families at the lower end of our stratification system? How? Or why not? Reading 32 – Diversity within African American Families Taylor Reading 33 – Diversity within Latino Families: New Lessons for Family Social Science Baca Zinn and Wells