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a Black American socialization pattern 1
Author(s) -
YOUNG VIRGINIA HEYER
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1974.1.2.02a00120
Subject(s) - socialization , perspective (graphical) , sociology , group (periodic table) , social psychology , culture of the united states , epistemology , psychology , social science , political science , law , computer science , artificial intelligence , philosophy , chemistry , organic chemistry
We postulate that the teaching of conventions of behavior is not as effective a socialization technique in American Negro societies as in stable and integrated societies. We describe an alternative type of socialization in an urban group: the teaching of techniques of judging and adjusting to persons in authority while preserving a commitment to one's own goals. This behavior complex provides a new perspective for the analysis of the bicultural position of the group and for the description of a loosely structured culture.