In this reaction paper, I will be responding, summarizing, and criticizing three particular readings from the second unit of this specific sociology course. The following readings, in which I will be reacting to, include “Invisible Inequality”, “Family, Race, and Poverty”, and “Why won’t African-Americans get (and stay) married? Why should they?” In the reading, “Invisible Inequality” the author compared middle, working and “poor” government assisted social classes. The author indicated the position of class a family is can negatively influence dimensions of family life. The difference in class, which effects roles in children’s lives mainly working, middle class parents are conformed to cultural logic of childbearing. The conformation to cultural
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The two models included were structural and cultural deficiency model. The structural model has a concentration on community pattern changes, marriage, and employment. The cultural deficiency model has a focus on family, culture, and welfare. Throughout the reading, Zinn elaborates on the reasoning for the existence of the poverty line and expresses different dimension as a “villain” in the cultural approach. Zinn expressed that poverty is caused by virility, disintegration in family, incentives to work, low expectations, and etc. The following list of poverty factors are characterized by welfare, culture, and family labeled as a villain. The structural approach implied a transition of economy and labor force or family life and marriage among minorities. The two models have work in favor with one another by providing solutions to reinstate family systems and martial possibilities. Overall, Zinn wants readers to be attentive, and aware of gender, race, and class in order to completely understand and solve complications that result from changes that take place in our economy. The reading includes insight on material that was relevant in the 80’s and is still insightful in our modern society. However, in the 80’s the “norm” for two-parent homes was highly recommended and it was vital to practice breadwinner-homemaker roles. In our modern society, the assortment of families can …show more content…
Why should they?” it states how African-American support marriage, but only martial sex and demoralize divorces. The lived experiences of African-American did not demonstrate how they really felt about marriage. In addition, marriage was never really ingrained in African-American based on a substantial number of factors. For example, race, gender, and class inequalities constructed lower martial expectations for African-Americans. The existence of slavery prevented stable marriages because slavery had intentions of racism, gender expectations, and marginalization. Typically, African-Americans are prone to lower social classes, and “higher income and education couples tend to get married and stay together longer.” Moreover, the percentage of African-Americans marriages encountering instabilities and disputes is at all-time high. The benefits individuals receive by being married, are not equally significant for American-American marriages. In my opinion, the reading is based off of facts and not experiences. I am from an African-American two-parent home, my parents have been married for 17 years and started with nothing. The assumptions of African-Americans marriages does not apply to everyone who is married in the African-American community. I respectfully refute with the author on the opinion of “higher income and education couples tend to get married and stay together longer”, everyone is entitled to
The two models included were structural and cultural deficiency model. The structural model has a concentration on community pattern changes, marriage, and employment. The cultural deficiency model has a focus on family, culture, and welfare. Throughout the reading, Zinn elaborates on the reasoning for the existence of the poverty line and expresses different dimension as a “villain” in the cultural approach. Zinn expressed that poverty is caused by virility, disintegration in family, incentives to work, low expectations, and etc. The following list of poverty factors are characterized by welfare, culture, and family labeled as a villain. The structural approach implied a transition of economy and labor force or family life and marriage among minorities. The two models have work in favor with one another by providing solutions to reinstate family systems and martial possibilities. Overall, Zinn wants readers to be attentive, and aware of gender, race, and class in order to completely understand and solve complications that result from changes that take place in our economy. The reading includes insight on material that was relevant in the 80’s and is still insightful in our modern society. However, in the 80’s the “norm” for two-parent homes was highly recommended and it was vital to practice breadwinner-homemaker roles. In our modern society, the assortment of families can …show more content…
Why should they?” it states how African-American support marriage, but only martial sex and demoralize divorces. The lived experiences of African-American did not demonstrate how they really felt about marriage. In addition, marriage was never really ingrained in African-American based on a substantial number of factors. For example, race, gender, and class inequalities constructed lower martial expectations for African-Americans. The existence of slavery prevented stable marriages because slavery had intentions of racism, gender expectations, and marginalization. Typically, African-Americans are prone to lower social classes, and “higher income and education couples tend to get married and stay together longer.” Moreover, the percentage of African-Americans marriages encountering instabilities and disputes is at all-time high. The benefits individuals receive by being married, are not equally significant for American-American marriages. In my opinion, the reading is based off of facts and not experiences. I am from an African-American two-parent home, my parents have been married for 17 years and started with nothing. The assumptions of African-Americans marriages does not apply to everyone who is married in the African-American community. I respectfully refute with the author on the opinion of “higher income and education couples tend to get married and stay together longer”, everyone is entitled to