# Contemporary Families - An Equity Lens

- By: Elizabeth B. Pearce
- Publisher: Linn-Benton Community College
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Sociology/Marriage_and_Family/Contemporary_Families_-_An_Equity_Lens_1e_(Pearce_et_al.))
- Licence: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Sociology/Marriage_and_Family/Contemporary_Families_-_An_Equity_Lens_1e_(Pearce_et_al.)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/socialsci-80217/pdf

This openly licensed text, created with students, approaches contemporary families from an equity lens. It asks two questions relevant to the Difference, Power, and Discrimination outcomes at Linn-Benton Community College and Oregon State University: “What do families need?” and “How do society and institutions support or get in the way of families getting what they need?