What are typical African American family dynamics?
Transcript: Geri-Ann Galanti: Family structure may be nuclear, extended, or matriarchal. Close friends may be part of a kin support system. The father or eldest male may be the spokesperson. Outside the household, decision making is equal; within the household, the father may be the primary decision-maker, but it is often the woman who is in charge. She may let him appear to be making the decisions, but he knows that if he doesn’t make her happy, she’ll make him miserable. Do all cultures have the same orientation to time? Transcript: Geri-Ann Galanti: Time orientation, one’s focus regarding time, varies in different cultures. No individual or culture will look exclusively to the past, present, or future, but most will tend to emphasize one over the others. For example, Chinese, British, and Austrian cultures have a past orientation. They are traditional and believe in doing things the way they have always been done. Interestingly, in many cases, countries that emphasize the past are o
