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key points about Immigration | -laws significantly impact families and have since their inception -laws change over time -before 1920 in U.S., there were no limits placed on imm. to the U.S. -After this time, immigration laws truly impacted families |
Why do people immigrate to the US? | -population explosions in country origin (better compared to their place) -industrialization and need for labor -family over here, seen what they accomplished, want the same -money for family -more income, educ. for kids -"rich" illusion |
The four Periods of immigration history | - Slavery (1600-1865) - Sharecropping (1865-1940) - Industrialization (1940- 1965) - Post Civil Rights Era (1965-Present) |
Documented Immigrants | an alien who has the proper records and identification for admission into the U.S., such as a passport and a visa |
Undocumented Immigrants | alien who doesn't have the proper identification. |
Refugee | Not leaving/ temporary protected Status- immigrants able to stay here in the United States Until their country is safe to return to, leaving due to a natural disaster, persecution or to escape war. |
US citizen- "Naturalized Citizen" | Citizen... can be legal residents in the US but not yet be a US citizen, naturalized citizen: someone not born in the U.S., but gone through a legal process to be a citizen. - not wanting to become a president. |
Diversity Lottery | -Allows people from countries with historically low immigration to the U.S. to apply for a diversity immigrant visa through a lottery process. -up to 55,000 people, nations that are historically underrepresented of migration to the United States grn.crd |
Characteristics of Native American Families | - 31% live in poverty, Kin oriented, Matrilineal (of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line) and patrilineal (relating to or based on relationship to the father or decent through the male line), 300 langu., high unemployment rates |
native families etc. continue. | Historical trauma and reactions to trauma, suicide and addiction, health issues - more extended family systems - younger, and larger - Elder are important for cultural identity and family assistance |
3 branches of the US government that handles immigration issues/applications. | 1. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 2. U.S. Immigration and customs Enforcement 3. U.S. Customs and Border Protection - executive, judicial and legislative branches |
Where are most immigrants from? | Mexico 56% |
What services are legal and illegal immigrants provided with? | public education, emrg. healthcare, food stamps, housing assis. WIC, TANF welfare, fuel assis. free reduce lunch prog., Medicaid and Medicare, public safety, if you apply can interfere with becoming a U.S. citizen (permanent) |
What is sex? | physical characteristics at birth |
What is gender? | A person's identity, expressions and societal roles |
male characteristics | - Stronger - More active - More aggressive - Suffer a variety of physical illnesses - experience higher infant mortality rate - Have shorter life expectancy - Afflicted with more genetic disorders - more accident prone (suffer from) |
Female characteristics | - less/ of each expected longer life expectancy - more commonly depressed - more emotions of caring - providing more care for kids |
What accounts for male and female differences? | - Sex chromosomes - Hormones (Exposure to androgens on female fetus show male tendencies) - Brain research (size, shape, and use differ by sex, women use more parts of the brain, men have focused responses |
Incongruence between sex and gender | - Expectations from gender norms - Transgender = express characteristics of other gender - Trans has been used to describe incongruence between sex and gender identity - Gender Fluid - cross dresser - drag |
Gender Identity | How one thinks who they are, may not be the sex they were assigned at birth, internal understanding and experiences of their own gender, personal, can vary from person to person |
Gender Expression | Demonstration of gender through behavior |
Biological sex | Reproductive organs, hormones and chromosomes, Biological sex refers to a person’s status as female, male, or intersex depending on their chromosomes |
Sexual orientation | Who you are physically and emotionally attracted to |
How do we learn about gender? | Fam. Encourage differential treatment along gender lines, pa emphasize gender differences more, gendered neutral toys are gendered,Hidden curriculum, books, Same sex friendship encourages gender difference, Video games, Emphasize differences (unrealistic) |
What is gender socialization? | The process by which we learn our culture's gender-related rules, norms, and expectations |
Sexual dimorphism | distinct differences between sexes of an animal in addition to differences between the sexual organs themselves. Ex: height, fat distribution, physical strength., Belief that men should be taller than women in a relationship |
what is gender-based violence? | PHYSICAL ASSAULT AS CHILDREN: 1.9M (F), 3.2M (M), assaulted each year,RAPE: Women Attempted or compl. STALKING: 8.1% (F), 2.2% (M),VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN BY RACE: Indian experience high #'s of violence,LGBTQ+ violence underreported, intimate partn. viole |
Policies addressing gender discrimination. | - The Lily Ledbetter Act 2009 to protect against pay discrimination - Banning state taxes on sanitary products- 20% tax. |
Structural diversity approach | - Diverse families are shaped by interactions with social structures - Racial domination and different labor structures= different family forms - Many diverse families had to adapt - Life chances... varied by social locations |
Conservative model | Cultural and moral weakening -> Family breakdown, divorce, father absence, family decline -> Poverty disadvantage, school failure, crime, drug use -> need to restore family values |
Liberal model | Changing economic structure -> Changing family and gender roles -> diverse effects: child poverty or well-being -> Family policies needed for work- family balance, childcare, etc. |
The concerned camp vs. The satisfied camp vs. Impatient camp |