In the excerpt, What Is A Family, by Pauline Irit Erera, a professor at the University of Washington School of Social Work, discusses the backlash against families that are diverse and argues that new perspectives are needed that value families that are diverse and fluid. Erera does well in supporting the claim she is making by giving a background on the traditional family, discussing what caused a change in the traditional family values, and giving a counterargument for the backlash against the families that are diverse. The writer argues that "the refusal to acknowledge them as families is a denial that their relationships count, regardless of their stability, duration, or quality." (Erera 628).
Erera's main claim is that family is not a
Erera's main claim is that family is not a