ALABAMA AFRICAN AMERICAN

Cultural Family Background Alabama African American

Cultural Family Background Alabama African American

Introduction to case

Luis, 41, and Maria, 40, Perez have immigrated to the US from Alabama with their seven children. Rolando is 19, the eldest and only child in the family.  Lupe, 17, Anna, 15, Roselina 13, Gracelia, 10, Yesenia, 8,  Gariella, 6 and Maritza, 3, have looked ahead to the proceed to the U. S.

Luis' aged parents, Ramon, 81, and Carmen, 79, have furthermore arrive with the family, departing behind most of their possessions and two canines that Carmen increased since they were four-week-old puppies.

The family was thriving in Alabama but determined to immigrate because Luis sensed there would be more possibilities for his children.  The family was adept to buy a little part of land in a country community in the western part of the U. S. with the aim of making grapes to market to a winery.

Luis and the young children are rather fluent in English whereas Spanish is the first dialect utilised in the home. Maria understands some English but needs self-assurance in her proficiency to talk the language. Ramon and Carmen manage not understand English at all, have no concern in discovering the dialect, and are committed to holding custom living inside the family.

Luis is the least old child of Ramon and Carmen and was conveyed up in a firm Catholic dwelling, educated by nuns through 12th grade. Luis has habitually been in good health and is oddly bodily strong. Luis married his childhood sweetheart, Maria, at age 20.

Maria has renowned Luis her whole life and married Luis at age 19, directly from a convent all-girls' school. Any time they expended simultaneously former to their marriage was chaperoned by a large aunt. Maria's parents past away in an misfortune when she was young. Maria is an only progeny and one time married, Luis' family is now her only family. The marriage is very customary in roles.

Carmen and Maria had habitually begun their day with mass but can no longer join place of adoration because the nearest place of adoration is now over 15 miles away and neither of the women understand how to drive.

 

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Description of dwelling environment

Perez dwelling is a little place. It comprises of four distinct rooms. We can start of by describing the kitchen. For a kitchen, it is small. It has two windows but the sun doesn't actually glow through them. The oven and frig are right besides each other along with the sink.  A little table of four seating could be fitted, but only use two. The other two seating are contrary to the wall.

The next room of the dwelling is the dwelling room. The dwelling room is a attractive decent size. There is beautiful Italian furniture. Couches have an antique floral gaze with cherry oak round them. Tables are all cherry oak with marble peaks along with the amusement system. During the day, my dwelling room is topped up with ...