Education and Work Preferences of African Diaspora Women in the United States

In: The journal of modern African studies: a quarterly survey of politics, economics & related topics in contemporary Africa, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 545-549

Abstract

Contemporary women from technological cultures are often perceived as self- rather than family- or relationship-oriented. Whether true or false, this perception creates problems in communication between males and females in the United States, especially in communities where black women grounded in African-world views attempt to respond to conflicting western cultural orientations. Issues of marriage, child-care, economics, employment, career advancement, and race relations have often contributed to the nexus of confusion surrounding the education and work of black women in a highly industrialised society.