In nine pages this paper discusses American cultural diversity and the Latino family within the context of this book. Four sources are cited in the bibliography.
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In the pages of this book and several similar books about growing up in a Latino family, the reader gets a feel for the social environment and an understanding
of the many psychological and sociological factors affecting those who grow up in a culturally different environment in America. This paper gives an excellent view of the impact and
viewpoints this can have on young people in their growth and development. SILENT DANCING This book by Judith Ortiz Cofer gives an inside view of how ethnically different youngsters
grow up in their own homes, learning all about their culture through narrative storytelling as much as by actual behavior. This is an autobiography that is a compelling tale
of the author growing up listening to her mother, her aunts and her grandmother telling stories of Puerto Rican women. These storytelling afternoons served a twofold purpose; they were
a way to pass the time for the adults, and at the same time it was teaching the younger girls what it was like to be a Puerto Rican woman.
"they told cuentos, the morality and cautionary tales told by the women in our family for generations: stories that became a part of my subconscious as I grew up in
two worlds, the tropical island and the cold city, and which would later surface in my dreams and in my poetry" (Cofer 1990, 15). SOCIALIZATION AND
ETHNIC BOUNDARIES There exists quite a diversified system of socialization depending upon ones social status; race, gender and age all play a significant role in the extent to which one
is socialized within society. Because socialization sets the groundwork for appropriate social behavior, its existence is critical for overall emotional and social development. Without such, one would not