Interpersonal relationships display prescribed social roles such as between a boss and employee. ... Three essential behavioral factors are communication competence in the languages of both cultures, having a wide repertoire of social skills in both cultures, and social support from family/friends from both cultures. ... Socially they are defined by where they live, in low-income neighborhoods. ... This lack of support leads to low self esteem, low achievement, conduct behavior problems, high drop out rates, and drug abuse. ... Another model places emphasis on strong problem-sol...

• Word Count: 1414
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Morrison makes strong social statements about race, beauty, and abandonment in our society through the sad, sometimes exaggerated story of Pecola Breedlove. ... It is very easy for one to make the argument that Morrison is making social commentary on the injustice white Americans have caused black people (i.e. forcing blacks to deny their natural beauty in order to placate white expectation.) ... Morrison however details repeatedly in the novel how these exact social categories: Black females and children are the aggressors of the stereotypes, prejudice, and racial self-loathing. ... These ...

• Word Count: 1291
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

She feels about to burst; her means of release, the socially unacceptable one of urinating in her pants, merely reinforces her predicament. ... She tells, for example, of bone-weary cotton pickers caught in economic enslavement within the general impoverishment of African Americans; a threat to Uncle Willie's life by the Ku Klux Klan; the complete segregation in Stamps, with its resulting ignorance and prejudice on the part of both whites and African Americans; a confrontation between Momma and some racially insulting children of her tenants; and the antics of enthused parishioners durin...

• Word Count: 1226
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Open racism is currently almost nonexistent and steadily declining, because it is considered politically incorrect and socially unacceptable. ... "I feel that the vast majority of black folks who are subjected daily to forms of racial harassment have accepted this as one of the social conditions of our life in white supremacist." (104) Personally, I think that this is kind of sad. ... With constant exposure to these images, it is no surprise that we have seen many instances of young black men attempting to emulate these images through overt behaviors such as drug use, domestic violence, and cr...

• Word Count: 1453
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School