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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

Dorothy K. Williamson-Ige
Affiliation:
School of Speech Communication, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
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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.

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Africana
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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