All About Family: Benefits of Diversity - Articles and News
Sociological, biological and health research and findings about race and ethnicity; and personal reflections, anecdotes, and commentary on family values, traditions of different racial and ethnic groups to explore and communicate larger truths about the importance of family, the changing definition of family, across racial and ethnic groups.
July 6th, 2012
Written by Randi McCreary in All About Family, Latest News with 0 Comments
Nani Crumley speaks both English and French, has a rich cultural background that includes Caucasian, African American, and Phillipino, and traveled around the globe to places like Rome, Athens, St. Thomas, and Cairo. But the real surprise about Nani Crumley is that she’s only six. An expressive, talkative young girl, Nani’s mother Allison describes her as a friendly person that always enjoys...
June 20th, 2012
Written by Wendy Innes in All About Family, Latest News with 0 Comments
The current state of affairs in Washington and Hollywood has everyone from Presidential candidates to Hollywood stars to the local grocers attempting to identify themselves in some way with the buzz words related to family values. Whether it’s the “war on women” or the “war against traditional marriage,” most Americans feel a need to align themselves with some cause against perceived attacks on...
May 7th, 2012
Written by Manny Otiko in All About Family, Latest News with 0 Comments
Family values is a catch phrase, often used by politicians on the right, but the term is very subjective. What are family values?Well, that often depends on the culture, and in the United States, a country made up of hundreds of different ethnic groups and nationalities, there is bound to be some disagreement on what family values are.When politicians use the word family values, they are often...
March 8th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in All About Family, Latest News with 2 Comments
Some homes become single parent homes for reasons other than divorce or desertion.According to the New York-based Applied Research Center, the government deported 46,000 parents of U.S. born children in the first six months of 2011 with an estimated 5,100 of those children delegated to foster homes due to such deportations.This is one of the lesser-told stories about our current immigration...
February 14th, 2012
Written by Rita Rizzo in All About Family, Latest News with 0 Comments
“Does he look like Sidney Poitier?” my mother inquired cautiously. “Not really mom,” I replied. “Um, he doesn’t look really black, does he?” she asked hesitantly. “Well, sorta...” I replied. He describes himself as ‘paper sack brown and curly headed’ but she would not know what to say to that, so I don’t tell her. There is no good way to tell your white mother and your Sicilian father that you...
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