African American Family Analysis

Frontline’s special of Two American Families contrasts families trying to secure a foothold in the middle class America during a time of struggle in the city of Milwaukee. Indeed, the special is about the financial strain on the middle class of America, but what is clear is the difference a mindset and communication can make for a family during a challenge. If a family chooses to stay positive, stick together and communicate well, their chances of making it through is much stronger than those who become negative and fail to clearly communicate their goals. For example, Tony Newman lost his job as his employer downsized. This brought incredible financial strain upon his family as he was unable to find new employment. Therefore, his wife got a job to provide for the family. What was

Have you suffered and feel disappointment in your life? Who is willing to support to you without any reason when you fail in doing something? The answer is your family. Usually, family members can tolerate our mistakes and help us to solve our personal problems. Many people believe that having a family is happiness and they don’t need to be alone and support with each other. The family life is a very important to discuss because our attitude on the family value may effect to our views toward the world. In the article “ The Color of Families Ties: Race, Class, Gender, and Extended Family Involvement”, Gerstel and Sarkisian argued that that the social class did not make the poor family had weaker ties and the relationship between the extended family members was more fragment. Actually, Gerstel and Natalia Sarkisian claimed that financial problems create weak ties among the color family.

Looking at the definition of family you realize there is not set definition in the world today. The definition is one that changes from culture to culture. When looking at the role of family in african american family you must look at the relationship between mother and child slaveholder and slave and simply family in general. This had a cause and effect factor even today. What happened then still affects african american families now and needs to be changed.

Although, Nixon's “War on Drugs” affected Black marriage the rate in which families were staying together was already declining. More families were getting divorced, while some were never marrying. More people were having children out of wedlock which caused stress to the families making them even more divided. Marriage trends for families in general began to decline after the 1960s. The African American family began to spiral in the 1970’s continuing into the 1980’s. What was the reason for this decline? During this time, new jobs were emerging, there were men who were returning home from the war. Families were trying to establish themselves more, however not as a unit any longer, but as their individual selves. In comparison to the 1950s

The beautiful rich county, Prince’s Georges, is where I grew up in a blended family in the city of Hyattsville, Maryland, raised there by my mother, step-father and grandmother. The ethnic composition of my family is African-American also known as “black”. On a bright sunny day in the city of Langley Park, Maryland, my parents met at a shopping center. The two of them emigrated from Africa to the United States; my biological father was born in Ogun State, Nigeria and my mother was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone. In addition, I was given my first name after my late grandfather and middle name after my late great-grandmother. Even though I’m half Nigerian, however, I was mostly raised on the maternal side of the family. My mother’s side of the

He was yelling for his life. I could hear the sound of the tar splashing on his body. This tax turns people into monster and it should be stopped. I thought this all through the night but I had no idea how to stop it. The next day I couldn't find my father in the house. I asked my mother where he was and she said that he has gone back to work and that the tensions on his place of work had subsided.

This was my first time to watch the show, “Boondocks.” I watched season 2, episode 1. I wasn’t sure what to expect, since I have never viewed the show before. However, I was quite surprised. I thought the show came off as stereotypical of the African American race, or assuming what the African American race is like. Throughout the episode, the grandpa wanted to take his three grandchildren to a movie. The granddaughter (half African American, half white) was skeptical about it all because it was a movie her father didn’t want her to see. The grandpa sweet talked all of them into going to the movies. The grandpa was cussing and using the, “N” word a lot. As they drove off to the movies he was driving a black tinted window Cadillac. The grandpa

The first text is by Yolanda Young and she talks about how Barack Obama and his wife have changed the look at African American people. Before America got a coloured president white people did not noticed her, even though her dark color stood out from the crowd she felt yet unseen.

This article discusses a common factor that is encountered when counseling single parent Black families. That is the topic of a mother’s unresolved issue with the absent father being projected on the eldest son. Lowe stated that in single Black families, mothers’ unresolved feelings about an absent father are usually placed on the eldest son who is expected to assume the role as a “parental child.”

In the personal essay, “Two Ways to Belong in America,” by Bharati Mukherjee, there are two different cultural views between sisters, Bharati and Mira. Bharati and Mira grew up in India, but both moved to America. The sisters have the same cultural background, but have different cultural views now. They have different views on the current debate over the status of

Once there was a girl named Grace, who came from a very poor Christian family in Africa. It was hard for her family to get the basic needs such as food, clean water to drink or bathe, payment for rent, and clothes. As time went by, her family saw God working in their life, meaning they started getting the basic needs, and when Grace finished her secondary school, she got an opportunity to go and study at a university in America. She was very excited for this opportunity because she knew that it would open many opportunities for her and her whole family. Thus, when she arrived to the university in America, everything was amazing for her, and she thought it was a dream. As a result, she pinched herself and realized that it was real, and she thanked God for everything.

Family conflict affects everyone in the family however it’s more harmful to the children. Every family has a different approach in how they deal with the conflict. As a class we have read and discussed Caroline Hwang’s essay “The Good Daughter.” as well as Janna Malamud Smith’s essay “My Son, My Compass.” There is different approach illustrated by Hwang's and Smith's essay as they choose their own lifestyle and confront their parent’s arrogant behavior. Hwang essay explains how immigrant children are living a paradox, forcing her to keep her Korean culture and adapting to the American culture as well. Hwang also describes that her parents chooses her future lifestyle. Hwang decided that living up to her parents

Black family systems are African in nature and American in nurture. “Africanity” is being in tune with an African worldview, therefore the role that Africanity plays in black families determines the unique form black families take. Africanity is at the root of black families. The operation of the black family is directly linked to African culture through an African attitude, kinship networks, and childbearing.

discuss the origins and consequences of this form of identity before applying the CMFS to a specific case.

In family assessment areas to be covered are type of family, resources available with the family, educational background & lifestyle of family and understanding of the family about health care. These areas can be covered in the social (S), economic (E), education (E) and medical (M) aspects of the assessment of the family. Social (S) aspect gives impression of the family and its social life. Economic (E) aspect assesses the financial capability of the family to take care of the children, to provide healthy living and health insurance. Education (E) part evaluates family members’ skills, grasping ability, communication capability, and learning attitude towards healthcare. Education (E) also exhibits the belief of family on the modern medicine. Medical (M) considers the family members accessibility to the medical services. These four aspects give the information and understanding of the family about healthcare. By evaluation of all these parameters, nurses can understands