The Importance Of Interpersonal Communication With Black Studies

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In this review I will be explaining some of my focus areas that I am exploring integration studies that will help me get the degree that I want. I am taking up interpersonal communication with black studies. Interpersonal communication consist of the exchange of information with two or more people mainly focusing on the communication. These are studies with two different focus area, but there is a connection between black studies and interpersonal communication has slight connection. Interpersonal communication is a great skill to have, but it has it flaws that people have questioning it issues . One of the main questions I feel that needed to be ask is why did I choose this focus area. Interpersonal communication has connection with conflict …show more content…
How they got treated and learn the back stories behind everything. The problem with studying black studies will be hard to find the truth behind everything such as who the major people that played the biggest part of stopping segregation. The other issue is you have to understand the concept behind the civil rights movement to try to collaborate with how life is now compared to how was back then. We face similar issues now that they face back in 1855 were the civil rights movement was just beginning, but it’s still not as bad as it was back in those times. For instance when I was in class and had to compare everything that was going on today to compare all the similar issues that’s going during the civil rights movement. It was hard trying to compare to because the mindset is different from how we were during the Civil Rights Movement to how we are today. The racial discrimination, racial equality to how white people were beating, killing and lynching black people because they wanted to stand up for there rights that we all ready had, but wasn't being enforced and overly discriminated. My question would be why did people had to be violent just to get the point across for whites to understand all they wanted is for their kids and others have an opportunity they never …show more content…
Going in front of a crowd of people, so people can hear and understand your purpose. I like to talk to people at times, but in front of a crowds is really scary at times. Some people are naturally other people. I have to work hard to be at good public speaker. I am the person who is trying to build front the bottom up, so I can be a better speaker whether I am talking about something formal or whether it am talking about my experience specially giving knowledge to people that are stubborn to listen. The reason I became interested in black studies iI want to understand how the civil rights movement became so bad. In black studies their was a lot of things that are interesting that you can learn from the past. When you compare both studies you must look at it as historians what you at trying learn and understand, but most of all what can you learn from it. Many people were great public speakers because they work-hard and believe in what they were taking about would help change people lives from the

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