In Naomi Gerstel and Natalia Sarkisian’s published study “The Color of Family Ties: Race‚ Class‚ Gender‚ and Extended Family Involvement‚” which appeared in Stephanie Coontz’s American Families: A Multicultural Reader‚ Gerstel and Sarkisian present their professional opinions of the popular belief in America that White families have stronger kinship ties than those of minority families‚ namely Black and Latino/a. Gerstel and Sarkisian are professors of sociology at the University of Massachusetts
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sociologists Naomi Gerstel and Natalia Sarkisian expounded on in their article "The Color of Family Ties" that was distributed in American Families: A Multicultural Reader in 2008. Gerstel and Sarkisian are both award winning sociology professors at the University of Massachusetts and Boston College respectively. In this article‚ they take the misconceptions into consideration and refute it with their professional opinions backed up with statistics and intensive research. In this article‚ Gerstel and Sarkisian
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Jen Lihour Kean Albert Chan English 1A 22 September 2013 The Effects of Social Class to Family In the article “The Color of Family Ties: Races‚ Class‚ Gender‚ and Extend Family involvement” by Naomi Gerstel and Natalia Sarkisian‚ there is a theory that they believe in reality‚ people misunderstand the wrong concept of family involvement. In this case‚ we need to realize this conflict is still happening in the societies. Base on the authors’ data‚ Black and Latinos/Latinas families show that
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In the article‚ “The Color of Family Ties‚” by Naomi Gerstel and Natalia Sarkisian they discuss the relationship between different ethnic group and their extended family. Gerstel and Sarkisian compared social class with ethnic groups. Ethnic groups are closer to their extended families than Whites. They believe that social class is more important than ethnicity between families. Social class is more important than ethnicity in understanding differences among families. Social class is more important
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Jacqueline Morales Period 4 11192014 Language‚ Gender and Culture Power relates to language‚ gender‚ and culture. Power is shown through the way we speak to others‚ the way different genders relate to each other‚ and the way are raised within our cultures. The use of language‚ gender‚ and culture is used in various ways that allows us to communicate with society in representation of who we are and what we stand for. Although it isn’t shown in the same way‚ power relates to language
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Language‚ Gender‚ and Culture Essay In our world there are so people that are being overrated‚ from their skin color‚ to how they talk or to where they came from or the way they walk‚ everything from what people wear to where people come from and their ethnic background. These people are looked down on from the rest of society for just being themselves and doing only what they know to do. For some‚ it’s wrong if others do not act just like them and they put them down for it. Stereotypes can be
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transformed this perception. These developments were reflected in stories‚ poetries and novels published giving the impression that the existence of model American families is nothing but a myth. In the "Color of Families Ties"‚ Gerstel and Sarkisian attempt to examine
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Naomi Gerstel and Natalia Sarkisian‚ the authors of “Marriage: The Good‚ the Bad‚ and the Greedy‚” mention that after marriage‚ people are not nearly as close with their families as they used to be. Married couples do not usually offer as much care and support to relatives
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Farris Qunibi WRC 1013 Riske October 4‚ 2008 Analytical Response to Barbara Kingsolver’s “Stone Soup” Barbara Kingsolver’s “Stone Soup” is a personal response to society’s view of the “broken” family. Kingsolver believes that society has for too long criticized divorce‚ remarriage‚ single parenthood‚ gay parents‚ and blended families‚ and that alternative families deserve equal standing in our society. In response to reading Kingsolver’s essay‚ this paper will serve to show which parts of
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References: Gerstel‚ N. (2011). Rethinking Families and Community: The Color‚ Class‚ and Centrality of Extended Kin Ties. Sociological Forum‚ 26(1)‚ 1-20. doi:10.1111/j.1573-7861.2010.01222.x Scott‚ E. S. (2007). A World Without Marriage. Family Law Quarterly‚ 41(3)
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