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Household, identity, and belonging · Family Turn family, religion, greetings into a more respectful, usable decision.
What you’ll be able to do Ask about household, identity, naming, and belonging without assuming that a community pattern describes a person. Compare the responses to this question and explain your choice: What keeps the learning useful instead of turning it into a stereotype? Document a next step for Household, identity, and belonging · Family: Use Family, Religion, Greetings as a hypothesis in one live plan; verify the relevant detail with the affected person or a named community partner, then record the change, owner, review date, and report-back. Family Extended household is common in many Haitian and West/Central African streams. Godparents, church sisters, mosque kin, and cousins who are “auntie” on Tuesday may not match the waiver checkbox. Ask who should be in the room.
Who is in the household Euro-French nuclear grammar is not the default for this door. Do not import it.
Who speaks Who cares for the child, who holds the lease, and who can sign may not be the same adult. Mixed-status households exist in Haitian and some African streams. Do not collect status you do not need.
Minnesota law still stands. Do not skip mandated reporting and call it culture. Do not turn a family argument into a national personality.
Put family to work What you can change You control whether family is treated as a question to explore or a label placed on someone.
What to watch for Ask who should be in the room. A nuclear English form already has a who. Do not assume a Paris family grammar in a Port-au-Prince or Dakar household.
Your next step Use this evidence as a hypothesis in your next plan, then confirm the relevant detail with the person or the community partner you named.
Religion Catholic Christianity is large in Haiti and in parts of West and Central Africa and in Euro-French streams. Protestant and evangelical churches are ordinary too. Islam is ordinary in much of West Africa and present in some Haitian households. None is real.
Streams Vodou is a Haitian religious fact in some households. Do not sensationalize it. Do not treat it as horror-film content, as witchcraft for the file, or as the “real” Haiti. Do not make a Vodou priest the case plan unless this family asked. The same rule for a Catholic priest or an imam.
Practice Do not assume a mosque because the passport is West African. Do not assume a cathedral because the language is French.
Put religion to work What you can change You control whether religion is treated as a question to explore or a label placed on someone.
What to watch for Do not make a priest, an imam, or a Vodou priest the case plan unless this family asked. Do not treat Vodou as horror-film content.
Your next step Use this evidence as a hypothesis in your next plan, then confirm the relevant detail with the person or the community partner you named.
Greetings French vous vs tu is a formality system some Euro-French and African school-French speakers use. Kreyòl greetings are not that system. Wolof and Lingala greetings are not that system. Follow this room.
Titles Elders and titles in many Haitian and African streams. Handshake in many professional rooms. Do not force a hug.
This room Do not import a Paris rule onto a Haitian elder. Do not import a Port-au-Prince manner onto a Lille professional. Do not import the Black nod or Somali right-hand rules unless this person is on those pages.
Physical contact: ask the room. Cross-gender touch with elders is not a default.
Put greetings to work What you can change You control whether greetings is treated as a question to explore or a label placed on someone.
What to watch for Follow this room. Do not force familiarity. Do not import a Paris rule onto a Haitian elder or a Bamako mother.
Your next step Use this evidence as a hypothesis in your next plan, then confirm the relevant detail with the person or the community partner you named.
Practical cards Family
Real example: Extended household is common in many Haitian and West/Central African streams. Godparents, church sisters, mosque kin, and cousins who are “auntie” on Tuesday may not match the waiver checkbox. Ask who shoul…
Leader action: Ask who should be in the room. A nuclear English form already has a who. Do not assume a Paris family grammar in a Port-au-Prince or Dakar household.
Religion
Real example: Catholic Christianity is large in Haiti and in parts of West and Central Africa and in Euro-French streams. Protestant and evangelical churches are ordinary too. Islam is ordinary in much of West Africa and…
Leader action: Do not make a priest, an imam, or a Vodou priest the case plan unless this family asked. Do not treat Vodou as horror-film content.
Greetings
Real example: French vous vs tu is a formality system some Euro-French and African school-French speakers use. Kreyòl greetings are not that system. Wolof and Lingala greetings are not that system. Follow this room. Title…
Leader action: Follow this room. Do not force familiarity. Do not import a Paris rule onto a Haitian elder or a Bamako mother.
I do not need a cultural performance from a professional. I need the process to make room for my name, my people, my questions, and the way I actually need to participate.
Composite public perspective — illustrative · French-speaking Minnesota · Household, identity, and belonging Carry this forward Family, Religion, Greetings provide context to test, not a label to assign.
The person, household, Nation, or named community partner remains the authority on what fits.
Follow this room. Do not force familiarity. Do not import a Paris rule onto a Haitian elder or a Bamako mother.
Completion is shown by a scenario decision, review of a practical artifact, and a saved one-minute commitment.
Use Family, Religion, Greetings as a hypothesis in one live plan; verify the relevant detail with the affected person or a named community partner, then record the change, owner, review date, and report-back.
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