1. Identify and describe a concrete situation of intercultural communication.
The article, Muslim Woman Says Manager Pulled Off Hijab, introduces a story of a woman who is assaulted in her workplace due to the cultural insensitivity of her manager. The Muslim woman was assaulted by her supervisor who ripped off her hijab in the kitchen of their workplace, before asking her to do so herself. Apparently, the manager was enforcing a new policy that requires all workers to change hairnets after each break. The woman stated that she felt violated because the supervisor was violent in his actions and exposed her hair, which is against her religion to show in public (Lambert, 2017).
2. Define the situation as a case of intercultural communication.
This situation described is an intercultural communication case because it occurred between a woman who was culturally and religiously violated by someone who was uneducated or insensitive of her practices. As our book explains, intercultural communication is the type of interaction that occurs between those who are culturally different (Alberts, 2016). The Muslim woman was practicing and embracing her culture by wearing her hijab and keeping her hair covered. The hijab that was ripped off of the woman’s head is typically worn as a part of …show more content…
Regardless of culture and education, I am sure that the supervisor would not have ripped headwear off of someone who was above him in their work structure. The woman had been working there for many years, but apparently had still lacked the respect of her supervisor. This causes me to assume that she was not given power in her job either due to being Muslim, a woman, or lack of education. Since she had been working there for many years, I am assuming that she did not have a good relationship with her supervisor because he was unaware of the severity of his
The article, Muslim Woman Says Manager Pulled Off Hijab, introduces a story of a woman who is assaulted in her workplace due to the cultural insensitivity of her manager. The Muslim woman was assaulted by her supervisor who ripped off her hijab in the kitchen of their workplace, before asking her to do so herself. Apparently, the manager was enforcing a new policy that requires all workers to change hairnets after each break. The woman stated that she felt violated because the supervisor was violent in his actions and exposed her hair, which is against her religion to show in public (Lambert, 2017).
2. Define the situation as a case of intercultural communication.
This situation described is an intercultural communication case because it occurred between a woman who was culturally and religiously violated by someone who was uneducated or insensitive of her practices. As our book explains, intercultural communication is the type of interaction that occurs between those who are culturally different (Alberts, 2016). The Muslim woman was practicing and embracing her culture by wearing her hijab and keeping her hair covered. The hijab that was ripped off of the woman’s head is typically worn as a part of …show more content…
Regardless of culture and education, I am sure that the supervisor would not have ripped headwear off of someone who was above him in their work structure. The woman had been working there for many years, but apparently had still lacked the respect of her supervisor. This causes me to assume that she was not given power in her job either due to being Muslim, a woman, or lack of education. Since she had been working there for many years, I am assuming that she did not have a good relationship with her supervisor because he was unaware of the severity of his