African American Family Structure
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Transcript of African American Family Structure
By Eliot Somers
“Tribal”
Large family groups
Sophisticated lifestyle
Marked the beginning of family disruption
Destroyed hundreds of years of African culture
Resulted in fewer young blacks in the New World
Tore families apart even more Created distanced yet strong
relationships• Reflected in today’s African American
population
Notion of strong yet distanced relationships• Each member of the Charles family has a
different connection with the piano
• Typical black family of the 1930’s Extended – Charles Family Interdependent
Generation Gap• Bernice and Maretha• Hard to relate, Maretha is alienated
Family members spread throughout the United States, via the Great Migration
Included 3 generations of Charles’
Not uncommon for the time period
Provided a stable family unit for children
Thanks to MLK Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement, African Americans no longer face fears of being separated from their loved ones
African Americans are still more likely to live in “non-taditional” family units, but less so than before.