The Assimilation Model, Family Life, and Race and Ethnicity in the United States: The Case of Minority Welfare Mothers.

Williams, Norma

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ERIC Number: EJ509634

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Publication Date: 1995

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The Assimilation Model, Family Life, and Race and Ethnicity in the United States: The Case of Minority Welfare Mothers.

Williams, Norma

Journal of Family Issues, v16 n3 p380-405 May 1995

Examines three critical weaknesses of the assimilation model of racial and ethnic minorities that dominates the study of racial and ethnic relations in the United States. Asserts that the basic assumptions of this model undergird much of the contemporary policy debate about welfare mothers and about family life among racial and ethnic minorities. (JPS)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Ethnic Groups, Family Structure, Fatherless Family, Federal Programs, Higher Education, Minority Groups, Mothers, Racial Relations, Welfare Recipients

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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