Step 1 Create a working definition of either “race” or “ethnicity.” A working definition begins with your personal understanding of the term, and then evolves as you explore new information, reflect on, and examine your ideas. After developing your personal understanding of the word, improve it by incorporating knowledge from this week’s module materials and […]

In Chapters 16 & 17 we must broaden our bandwidth and understand our roles. What roles are included in Table 17.1 and how may we utilize them to gain the greatest benefit? How have you seen other leaders increase their bandwidth for success? Would you have done it that way? Why or why not? Roles […]

Many of the taken-for-granted ideas about the capabilities, personalities, talents, etc. of women and men have been considered innate, natural, or unchangeable. Yet, as Chapter 12 shows, gender definitions and expectations have changed continuously over the long course of history. In looking at U.S. families today, where do we see increasing equality or recognition of […]

In this discussion you are to use your sociological imagination and “make the familiar strange”. Using the knowledge, you have about your family history (your generation, your parents, and grandparents, e.g.) discuss where you see connections between lived experience and the changing characteristics of families over time. These might include race or ethnicity, immigration to the […]