Family Genogram Reflection

How you ever feel that we, as sons or daughter tend to repeat our parent mistakes? I have always asked myself why and I still have not have the right answer. For example my mother grew up in a very strict environment when she was a child, with my grandmother and my great grandmother coming from a Japanese Culture; my mother grew up to be a very quiet and reserve young adult. She is really kind, strict, helpful and with a very big heart. Although we had our differences when I was growing up, we get along pretty well. One of the things that stand out from her, it is her stubborn personality. Although she is a really good listener, I always feel that it has to be her way. I believe she is more like her way or the

This semester, you will have the opportunity to construct a family genogram for informational purposes. You will develop a genogram, documenting information from both sides of your family (maternal and paternal) for 4 generations starting with yourself. The genogram may be hand drawn or you may use a computer drawn one. (You can download a basic program from www.genopro.com/free or from http://www.progenygenetics.com/students/ ) Your

African-American men and white men are born and raised within the continental U.S.; each of their own faculty empowered to change the social injustice of a society. The innate qualities of the African American do not compare to those of the white man, yet - “empowered” they are with character. The foundation for the concept –“character” is best defined as “holistic,” meaning of physical, mental and social qualities – A. Adler’s school of thought, as well as A. Maslow and C. Rogers’ thoughts –“[a]n equal human being… cognitive, emotional, and volitional” (Ambrus, 33 -34)

My objective for writing this essay on the black family was to examine and interrogate a myriad of stereotypes surrounding this family structure. Slavery and its inception need to be explored because it enables one to acquire a better understanding of the modern day black family. It is my hope that once we achieve this level of understanding, if not acceptance, that we may be able to start the healing process that is so necessary.

A heritage does not define a role in society. The lives of Martin Luther King, Frederick Douglass and Barbara Ehrenreich all demonstrate the human ability to thrive despite the real implications of one’s heritage. While they may hold different beliefs concerning the importance of the culture of their progenitors, they all lead lives undefined by the roles expected by society based on their heritage.. King and Douglass both identify with their ancestral roots. Ehrenreich remains decidedly unaffiliated with her ancestry, a result of her being raised without any cultural traditions. Conversely, society defined both King and Douglass by the color of their skin and expected them to be the willing victims of slavery and segregation. They broke those roles by becoming

I chose to use the African American race today because knowledge is power and with the correct tools we can build and grow as the big melting pot that we are. African Americans culture can be described as a very complex group of individuals. They share some qualities of other cultures but differ in areas such as family structure and dynamics. “Historically and cultural influences, racism, urbanization, mitigation, discrimination, segregation, and immigration have profoundly shaped contemporary African-American families

Both my paternal and material families of origin are Caucasian. Ethnicity is Scotch-Irish. With reasonable accuracy I have been able to determine that my maternal great-great-grandfather (not reflected on this genogram) was living as a young man in Georgia during the Civil War period. In my maternal line I am also told that there is a Cree Indian relative in my great-grandparent line; time and place is unknown.

After listening to Dr. Joy DeGury seminar on “Post Traumatic Slavery Syndrome” I had a vivid understanding of the emotional, social, and economic dynamics that has segmented our African American (black) communities from the rest of the world.

Abstract: Since the Transatlantic Slave Trade, African Americans have been dependent upon those of fairer complexions to educate them about the culture and history of their own people. Unfortunately, the trip over to the Americas caused them to lose touch with several parts of their being; native tongues, culture/heritage and most of all their self-righteous. Somewhere along the way they forgot that they are creators of every major practice; from metallurgy to agriculture; practices that essentially influenced the entire world. The Transatlantic Slave Trade essentially and effectively brainwashed a group of people. It caused people of the African diaspora to lose sight of who they really are; installing negative and inferior perception of their ancestry, while also installing white superiority through their mindsets. African Americans innately depended on white people for every part of their life, even later slavery. In regards to education, African Americans depended on white Americans to build infrastructures for the education of black people. This unfortunately continued the cycle of white dependency. While African Americans thought they were enhancing their knowledge, all they were doing was becoming more equipped servants to their white

I was looking forward to completing this assignments, as I was able to connect with family members and gain a better understanding more of how my heritage and culture has helped to shape my career development. I did not find difficulties constructing my genogram until having to document my grandparents careers. Growing up, I knew that my grandparents owned farms because I spend a considerable amount of time playing on the expanse of land. However, I began to realized that I was not sure if that had always been their occupation. I did have to call my father to get a bit more information about my grandparents and their occupations. I was not far off from what I believed to be true. However, I did realized that both of my grandmothers were homemakers until my aunts and uncles were school aged.

The Afrocentric Perspective acknowledges the beginning creation of blacks in America. It is a way of thinking about people from diverse cultures and backgrounds. It is used as a tool to define the strengths and problems faced by African Americans and other groups. Afrocentric Perspective identifies African Americans search for freedom, justice, and equality. This perspective emphasizes to the group of people that are promoting the different laws or labels towards the African American class as a lower class ranking. For example, while researching the two study issues the statics were only focusing on African American culture. The two study issues were how binge drinking may play a role in health issues and academic failure, which are stigmatizing the African American class as lower than others. It places value on the strengths, resilience, and uniqueness of different population groups and offers service responses that respect cultural integrity of these groups. It also points out the different survival patterns of African American so that people from other cultures can get a clearer understanding of the circumstances that are affecting the way they live or work. This perspective looks to educate people, evoke a spiritual awakening in people, and elicit political power and activism in people as a means to enhance all lives (Wiley,1991).

As I entered the home to conduct my interview, I was immediately greeted by very soft spoken female. She’s a 42 yrs old African American female, who’s married with two children. She migrated from the south 30 years ago along with her mother and sister. She’s currently working for the Department of Education as a substitute teacher with aspiration of becoming a child psychologist. The subject was eager to be interviewed. She thought it would be great to sure her views and perspectives of her culture. Culture is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as , the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge, which constitute the shared bases of social action. To me culture is rich and fascinating filled with family, traditions, memories, and many dialects.

The family that is being observed for this assignment is headed by a married couple who has been together for a little over 40th years. Cliff Barnes a 61 year old male is married to Amy Barnes 66 years old. Their immediate household composition includes Amy Barnes’s 44 year son from a previous relationship, her 22 year old grandson and the couple’s 15 year old adopted daughter. I have included the immediate family members in the attached genogram because they play a major role in the family dynamics.

The objective of doing the genogram is to get to know the patient by gaining understanding of his/her family background. Assessing the family using systemic approach enables health care providers to learn about the ways in which family members interact, what are the family expectations and norms, how effective is the members communication, who makes decisions and how the family deals with life time stressors (Hockenberry & Wilson, 2007). This paper outlines the assessment and analysis of the three generation of Wits’ and Smiths’ families, its relationship, health pattern, habits, tradition and structure. It also provides a nursing teaching plan. The interview was conduced with Alina Wit, a second generation mother of three.

One of the strongest factors which helped slaves keep their cultural forms alive, according to Hamilton-Willie (2003) “was their stubbornness, rebelliousness and often disregard for the prohibitions against their culture”. This was often in the form of practicing religious practices which were outlawed by the enslavers, and fetes which took place without the planter’s consent. These forms of rebellion kept up the culture of the slaves and promoted a greater, more relevant sense of self.