1. How are Japanese American families like and unlike other American families?
2. Why is it difficult to discuss the Black American family?
3. Discuss why the "melting pot" never really occurred in the United States.
4. Why have interracial marriages represented such a small proportion of U.S. marriages?
5. List some of the obstacles Chinese American families had to overcome to survive in the United States.
6. Discuss some of the strong points about Mexican American families.
7. Discuss family stability among Italian American families.
8. Why have Jewish American families been so economically successful in the United States?
9. How does exchange theory explain rewards for blacks being greater in consanguine relationships than in conjugal ties?
10. How does Robert Staples account for fewer black males being available for the marriage arena than black females?

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