1. Acculturation & Race-ethnic socialization
H607: Ethnicity, Context & Family Dynamics

2. My definitions…
Race—both biologically and socially constructed based on physical characteristics and biological reactivity
Ethnicity—group membership based on nationality and/or collective history/ancestry; individual and group conceptualizations
Culture—dynamic variable including family roles, values, communication patterns, affective styles, spirituality etc., transmitted from one generation to the next that reflects effective adaptations for developing within and fitting into a context

3. The Plan… Acculturation Racial and Ethnic socialization
Conceptualizations
Factors that influence acculturation
Racial and Ethnic socialization
Characteristics and content of messages
Relations to outcomes

4. Acculturation & Assimilation

5. Culture in Psychology & Sociology
Individual Level
Societal Level
Acculturation
Ethnic Minority Socialization
Enculturation/Ethnic Identity
Globalization
Economic Development

6. Acculturation is…
“…those phenomena which result when groups of individuals having different cultures come into continuous first-hand contact with subsequent changes in the original pattern of either or both cultures.”
-Redfield, Linton & Herskovits (1936)

7. Conceptualizations of Acculturation
Single or two Continua
Linguistic items/cultural awareness
Domains (e.g., knowledge, behavior, attitudes, beliefs, values, & self identity)
Ability to successfully navigate across cultures (J.Mistry, 2010)

8. Factors that influence acculturation and assimilation
Reasons for emigrating to the US
Voluntary/involuntary
Compatibility of host and home culture
Intersection of race & ethnicity
Ability to navigate racialize context

9. Why should educators and others who work with children care…?
Associated with individual adjustment
Impacts ability to learn
Understanding how families conceptualize their acculturation may impact interactions
Desirable outcomes
Undesirable outcomes
Views on acculturation impact pedagogy (e.g., bilingual education)

10. Racial and ethnic socialization

11. Everyone socializes their children about race and ethnicity…
Given what we know about cultural world views, how does bias develop?
What are the sources of socialization?
What do you want to communicate to children?

12. When do we start “teaching” about race?
CNN AC360 Doll Study (see part 1 on page)
African American family
Euro-American Family
CNN AC360 Wrap up (see part 2 on page)