In Jay MacLeod's book, Ain't No Makin" It, The Hallway Hangers and the Brothers come from the same economic background and are of similar age. The only outward difference is their race. MacLeod shows that this factor, along with class, directly influenced ... This may account for the high goals they set for their children. Another reason might be attributed with the civil rights movement of the 1960's. The movement gave hope for social change among people of color, especially blacks. Conversely, the Hallway Hanger's families have lived in the projects for quite some time. Frankie's ... a fut...

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... in-laws) US Census Facts: The overwhelming majority of households are made up of married couples. Females make less money than men. Women are more likely to be empovirished. For black females it is like 70%. The functionalist analyze family in terms of the function or sociatal needs that it serves ... becomes an arena were one party tries to control the other. Randall Collins- conflict theorist, believed that the origin of the struggle for power withing the family can be found in the fact "men are bigger and stronger than women." Men claim sexual ... society: i. They have to be isolate...

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