The video “Tale of Two Schools: Race and Education on Long Island” presents David and Owen, two African-American students with similar backgrounds and grades who attend two different high schools in separate districts that have drastically different access to resources, community support, income, etc. Wyandanch Memorial High School is located in a poor district, while South Side High School is located in Rockville Center which is a more affluent and diverse district. The effects of the districts having varying levels of access to quality resources and diversity is exemplified throughout the video with regards to the way the students interact with each other, their grades, and their careers after high school. The lack of resources of Wyandanch
Social Group: Fathers During this time period, fathers were the “breadwinners” and expected to work and provide for their families. However, black fathers in the 1950’s particular had to work long hours because the only jobs available to them were often low paying. This directly correlates with African-American’s low place on the social ladder during this pre-Civil Rights era. It was also extremely difficult for African-American women to find work during this time, placing the financial buren solely on the father.
The experiences you have as a child and the strength of the family and cultural support structure that surrounds you dictate the path you will take in life to survive and hopefully thrive. Most kids have the advantage of having role models to learn the difference between right and wrong and lead them down a positive path. However, some people do not benefit from growing up with a strong support structure that helps them make the right decisions. Additionally, as a person of color in the 1930s, there weren't many public figures of the same race to look up to. Richard Write, the author of the autobiography "Black Boy," is an example of someone who lived in these conditions, which shaped the trajectory and approach to his life.
Unequal Childhoods is an ethnography outlining the study done by Annette Lareau which researched how socioeconomic classes impact parenting among both white and African American families. She used both participant observation and interviewing. 12 families participated in this study where she came to conclusions on whether they displayed parenting styles of concerted cultivation or natural growth based of their socioeconomic status. Concerted cultivation is a parenting style where the parent(s) are fully invested in creating as much opportunity for their child as possible, but results in a child with a sense of entitlement. An example of this would be a parent who places their children in a wide array of extracurricular activities and/or actively speaks to educators about the accommodations their child needs to effectively learn.
In what ways do Mexican Americans and Asian Americans share similar parenting challenges? One of the biggest dilemmas that they face is the redirection of familistic living. Asian and Mexican Americans have traditionally lived in homes with generational members all under one roof. Family members did not live in separate homes neither did they practice “living the nest” manners as native Americans do. Children are encouraged to live at home until they found a spouse and were ready to marry.
One tension between Liberian parents and children is their culture and the Liberians way of parenting. Liberians while living back in their home country grew up with different customs and norms than those of their children. The older generation regards the Liberian culture as superior to those of Americans. However, since the children are younger they are exposed further to the American society and tend to lose their Liberian culture. The younger generation experience “Younger cultural backwardness, views that are learned or reinforced in interactions with their American peers and reports in the media” (Ludwig, 212).
The tradition of education in the African American culture implies the cultural values of the better opportunities for the family. Education provides an efficient ways to avoid the struggles that other African American’s families had to endure to provide a stable life for their families. An understanding of your ethnic culture
Interview Questions for African American Families Please find a person of African American descent to interview. The person needs to at least 21 years of age. Please inform the person that this interview is for an assignment in class (educational purposes only) and the information provided will remain confidential. Please try to obtain more than “sound bites” yes/no answers. Asked follow up questions if the interviewee’s answers are too brief (ex: Can you please provide an example or elaborate, tell me more etc..).
Every parent intrinsically cares deeply for their children. The bond between a parent and their child is irrefutably, unbreakable and their relationship by nature is a sharing of love, compassion, trust, and respect. However, the culture of the parent does have a bearing on the way their children develop, think, and behave. I am living proof that having Mexican parents has a distinct difference than having American parents. The parenting style varies and relates to those between both cultural experiences especially with the effects on the children themselves.
The Impact of Culture and Gender Roles Heather Richardson-Barker Drexel University Society has clearly defined boundaries between what is considered to be male or female. The development of an individual’s gender role is formed by interactions with those in close proximity. Society constantly tells us how we should look, act and live based on gender, as well as the influence of family, friends and the media have a tremendous impact on how these roles are formed and the expected behavior of each gender role. The term Gender, as defined by the United Nations, includes the psychological, social, cultural, and behavioral characteristics associated with being female or male. It further defines acceptable
Society has always forced women and men into gender roles that dictate what types of behaviors are acceptable, desirable, and appropriate for them despite their actual or perceived sex. Gender is a socially constructed form of identity but it is also racially constructed as well. Gender can be displayed through intersectional perspectives, you can discover many ways to display gender specifically in the culture of African Americans and how they differ from the dominate white culture. I am a Haitian American female and I found that through the pictures I captured of my friends, family members and I were of us inexplicably participating in gender and displaying femininity.
Clearly, performance on MAEP is not flat. The gains in reading have been slow, steady, and significant. The gains in mathematics in both tested grades have been remarkable for whites, blacks, Hispanics, and Asians. Despite these increases, the achievement gaps remain between white and black students and between white and Hispanics students because all groups are improving their scores.
African Americans Responsibilities WEB Dubois wrote an essay in which he said that african Americans and minorities had a responsibility to work hard achieve success because of all the hardship and sacrifices their ancestors had experienced. Just by being an African American is harsh from other racial groups. It 's a struggle to find a job and to retain it. Because our ancestors have faced with slavery and segregation. They fought for us (the youth) to have a better life than theirs.
Who in your life would you find the most valuable? In African American literature writing, a theme that is found throughout is the importance of family. In many of the stories, poems and films we were introduced to, a common theme shared was family, with them either being away from them or how important they are to them. The works that best showed how family was important to either the author or a character were: The Song of Solomon, 12 years a slave, The Narrative life of Frederick Douglass and poems written during the Harlem Renaissance. The theme importance of family is shown in many different ways for a character through African American writing, poetry and film.
Family form is mainly determined by income rather than race, “Income is now a more accurate predictor of family form than race group. ”(Brey et al, 2010, 94) Parents in different social classes have different beliefs in how the bearing and rearing of children should be approached. Childcare in low-income households is generally focused on “natural growth” while children in the middle class are cared for by “concerted cultivation”. Annette Lareau defines “concerted cultivation” as the upbringing and caring of children through extra-mural activities, which enhance skills and the ability to learn, and is arranged and financed by parents. “Natural growth” was described as allowing a Childs development to unfold spontaneously.
