Chapter 11 Dimensions of Diversity – Start with an episode of on ABC Modern Family Emphasize the diversity and variation in family forms This demonstrates the variation in family forms that exists across families, even white families Race and ethnicity provide a different dimension of diversity in family forms Two of your readings in Chapter 11 focus on family forms for race/ethnic groups Major aways” from this chapter (Readings 32 and 33 in particular): “take Families come in all different shapes, sizes and forms Families do not operate in a vacuum this is one of the major reasons why they come in every – size, shape and form imaginable There are larger structural forces (social, economic, cultural) impacting families; in order to understand the diversity in family forms, you need to explore these structural forces Baca Zinn and Wells conceptual framework (reading 33) lays this out very nicely pp. – 446-448 They argue that families are the products of social forces Read second full paragraph under Framework” p. 446 “Conceptual Baca Zinn and Wells examine three macrostructural conditions that produce family variation across Latino groups in particular, but these conditions impact all families and can explain variation in lots of family forms: The sociohistorical context The structure of economic opportunity Global reorganization, including economic restructuring and immigration Example from Taylor’s reading on African American families pp. 430 434 – – – Marriage, Divorce and Separation, single parent families, etc. Trends African Americans are marrying at a much later age than persons of other races Increase in never married among African Americans Increase in single parents families true for all families, even higher rate – among African American families African American families (women in particular) slower to get divorce even if no longer living with spouse Fewer African American women remarrying than white women Explanations for these trends
Chapter 11 – Dimensions of Diversity Start with an episode of Modern Family on ABC Emphasize the diversity and variation in family forms This demonstrates the variation in family forms that exists across families, even white families Race and ethnicity provide a different dimension of diversity in family forms Two of your readings in Chapter 11 focus on family forms for race/ethnic groups Major “take aways” from this chapter (Readings 32 and 33 in particular): Families come in all different shapes, sizes and forms Families do not operate in a vacuum – this is one of the major reasons why they come in every size, shape and form imaginable There are larger structural forces (social, economic, cultural) impacting families; in order to understand the diversity in family forms, you need to explore these structural forces Baca Zinn and Wells conceptual framework (reading 33) lays this out very nicely – pp. 446-448 They argue that families are the products of social forces Read second full paragraph under “Conceptual Framework” p. 446 Baca Zinn and Wells examine three macrostructural conditions that produce family variation across Latino groups in particular, but these conditions impact all families and can explain variation in lots of family forms: The sociohistorical context The structure of economic opportunity Global reorganization, including economic restructuring and immigration Example from Taylor’s reading on African American families – pp. 430 – 434 – Marriage, Divorce and Separation, single parent families, etc. Trends African Americans are marrying at a much later age than persons of other races Increase in never married among African Americans Increase in single parents families – true for all families, even higher rate among African American families African American families (women in particular) slower to get divorce even if no longer living with spouse Fewer African American women remarrying than white women Explanations for these trends
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