Changing Families

I actually stayed awake while reading this little story about Changing American Families. I had to keep bringing myself back but I made it through. ha ha Anyway, I found it quite interesting to read the statistics about the different classes of American families. Once again I have never thought about the different classes in the way that they were described by Aulette.
As I read through the Moynihan Report, I couldn't believe that he would come to such a conclusion or make such a statement when his research was pretty much non existent. it seemed that all his "facts" were actually just opinions. How he accused the African American mothers in this working class of being the reason of their problems and dis function was a bit much. he also went on about how he could get, or how the men could be reinstated as head of the household. He talked of how they needed to get the masculinity back in there name. He listed that they should join the army because it boosted self-esteam and would change things to a "world run by strong men of unquestioned authority."
I loved that Aulette took this report a step further and actually went out and got the facts. She talked of how she actually went out and spent two years in these flats and viewed things in a first person way. she stated that things were indeed different than the Moynihan report stated. she listed all the good things about them, and listed facts and reasons for why things were done the way they were in these communities.
All in all this was a fairly interesting read for me. I guess I still dont exactly agree with the statements made on each individual socity, but it taught me a lot and it makes sense with the way that it was researched and documented.