Chapter 2, American Families in Social Context

1. Chapter 2, American Families in Social Context Key Terms

2. undocumented immigrantsImmigrants who reside in the country illegally. • “immigrant stock”Immigrants and children of immigrants.

3. role reversalOccurs when children of immigrants learn the English language and American ways faster than their parents. • cultural brokersChildren of immigrants take on this role when they manage interaction with their parents and bureaucracies and the larger society.

4. binational familiesSome family members are American citizens or legal residents, while others are undocumented, not legally in the United States and subject to sudden deportation. • Miller’s Typology of Urban Native American FamiliesA typology that posits a continuum from traditional to transitional to bicultural to marginal families.

5. Traditional Native American FamiliesFamilies that retain Indian ways, with minimal influence from the urban settings they live in. • Bicultural Native American FamiliesFamilies that develop a successful blend of native beliefs and the adaptations necessary to living in urban settings.

6. Transitional Native American FamiliesFamilies that have lost Indian culture and are being assimilated to the white working class. • Marginal Native American FamiliesFamilies that have become alienated from both Indian and mainstream cultures.

7. social classOne’s overall status in a society. • life chancesThe opportunities one has for education and work.