As time passes by slowly making a day feel like a week and yet somehow a week feeling like a day, people forget that the way they are living is defined by certain sociological situations. These situations can be caused by culture, history, and identity. These factors determine how we communicate effectively, or ineffectively, in intercultural conditions. The most important factor being language and the adaptation among these different cultural identities, whether it be verbal or non verbal.
The identity and intercultural communication among Black/African-American women in the Stetson University community can be best defined, as one student said, as “not unified”. Within the Black/African-American community the identity traits begins with …show more content…
According to a student, there is an unwritten, un-verbalized competition among the Black women in the community. This nonverbal communication of competition can give way to drama and further increase the gap between community members. While one student said that is it possible that the competition can be traced back to men and the desire to have their affection but that it can also steam from the media as well. Pertaining to the competition among women there could be the potential to obtain a certain status, which is why certain large gestures and loud verbal communication can be seen as a stereotype among Black/African-American women. Since there is a sense of competition among the women in order to “win” it would make sense that in order to achieve a superior status the loudest dominant woman would come out on top. However, the media is influencing the competition and perpetuating a contact culture in the Black/African-American women communities. According to a writer for Chocolate Martini Magazine, “[p]erhaps it can be traced back to how our sisters are portrayed in the media. For example, there is a lack of television series in which there are strong black women who have positive relationships with the other characters. Often, there is bickering and pettiness and very rarely are the roles positive on all sides.” A student that was interviewed referenced the media as portraying Black women in the same manor as this writer
The identity and intercultural communication among Black/African-American women in the Stetson University community can be best defined, as one student said, as “not unified”. Within the Black/African-American community the identity traits begins with …show more content…
According to a student, there is an unwritten, un-verbalized competition among the Black women in the community. This nonverbal communication of competition can give way to drama and further increase the gap between community members. While one student said that is it possible that the competition can be traced back to men and the desire to have their affection but that it can also steam from the media as well. Pertaining to the competition among women there could be the potential to obtain a certain status, which is why certain large gestures and loud verbal communication can be seen as a stereotype among Black/African-American women. Since there is a sense of competition among the women in order to “win” it would make sense that in order to achieve a superior status the loudest dominant woman would come out on top. However, the media is influencing the competition and perpetuating a contact culture in the Black/African-American women communities. According to a writer for Chocolate Martini Magazine, “[p]erhaps it can be traced back to how our sisters are portrayed in the media. For example, there is a lack of television series in which there are strong black women who have positive relationships with the other characters. Often, there is bickering and pettiness and very rarely are the roles positive on all sides.” A student that was interviewed referenced the media as portraying Black women in the same manor as this writer