Does this book help African Americans or Latino Americans who may have different cultural issues in the home?
That is a very interesting question. Various cultures are more or less heavily “map” oriented. In other words, the manner in which maps are passed from one generation to the next is more inflexible. This by the way is not specific to African American or Latino cultures. There are wide variations within every culture where families are more or less inflexible. This inflexibility often leads to problems because of the abandonment issues that arise when we try and act differently than what is expected. This is also true when we act differently than what our “culture” expects. To go against the expectations created by family and cultural maps can be very anxiety provoking. This anxiety is what forces us to pay attention to what others want and expect of us to be loved. And it is this anxiety that results in our reproducing our map even when it isn’t particularly useful or effective in getting what we want in life. I personally think that being self-validated and intentional, which are idea
