Sociology Families

Soci 1002 Presentation Is this really true, are afro-Caribbean families dysfunctional. In addressing this point, I will examine the sociology theorist Michael Garfield smith. Smith believed that European familys norms and values are important in one agency or another to the assimilation process and plays a major role in the afro- Caribbean families. He argued that the plantation destroyed African culture and he maxim the plantation as the basis on which the Caribbean family structure was formed.Smith had no uncertainty that the experience of previous generations on plantation has no doubt influenced the way in which subsequent generations were socialized, provided he argues that over time families localize to the present social conditions. European family norms was based mainly the nuclear family, but for afro-caribbean families there are several other types of families. These other types of afro- Caribbean families should be viewed as dysfunctional because it is not of what the European family norms consist of. The other types of afro-caribbean family structures are The matrifocal family- The topic and functioning of African slavefamilies was adverse to the objectives of the plantation. Family units of the slaves were very often unconnected upand phallics were often sold to other plantations far away eyepatch the mother and her childwere left to survive as aunit. On the other hand, there are other factors, however, which contributed to matrifocality in the contemporary Caribbean. These imply migration, imprisonment of males, crime, and male marginalisation. Onthe issue of male marginalization the male on the plantation could not own property and had no family rights.Hence the marginalization of the male in the Afro-Caribbean family started on the plantation and was further influenced by the same factors in themodern era. * The visiting union- This is a frequent occurrence in the Caribbean it is domestic unit of a woman and her children. Here the moth er and her children sojourn apart of the father but whitethorn be visited but may be visited by a mann which the mother shares a relationship with. * The public law unit- Similar to the nuclear family, however it is an ongoing bond that without juristic marriage. Here the spouses are committed to each other sexually and uprise children in a stable relationship.