These two aspects of racism have influenced the U.S. society from the early 1600's until the present (Bohmer 1998). It all comes down to everyone being different and people being unable to accept these differences.
I have often found myself when choosing people to date letting the fact of whether these people had any college education or not influence my decision on who to go out with and who not to. After evaluating that way of thinking, I have come to the realization that this is just silly and that this factor should not be something that I take into the equation when deciding who to go out with.
Task 3
Effective communication occurs mainly at an unconscious level and this is why the most effective communicators of all time often paid as much attention to how they were delivering their message as they did to the exact words that they were using. There are a number of strategies that a person can do in order to ensure that their communication is effective. These include:
1. Taking responsibility for the success of their communication. If the audience is not getting it, it is because you're not giving it in a way they can understand.
2. it's not about you. In order to communicate effectively, a person must learn to see the world for the other person's perspective.
3. If what a person is doing isn't working then they need to do something different.
4. Every action must have a positive intention.
5. it's better to be successful...
It is felt that the world demands results, not excuses (Effective Communication Skills 2009).
Task 4
Communication is defined as a process by which a person assigns and conveys meaning in an attempt to create a shared understanding. This process requires a vast range of skills in intrapersonal and interpersonal processing, listening, observing, speaking, questioning, analyzing, and evaluating. It is through communication that collaboration and cooperation can occur (Overview n.d.). We communicate in order to inform, persuade and entertain (Why We Communicate: Three Basic Tasks 2005).
Reference List
Bohmer, P., 1998, Marxist Theory of Racism and Racial Inequality, Available at:
http://academic.evergreen.edu/b/bohmerp/marxracism.htm
Effective Communication Skills, 2009, Available at: http://www.maximumadvantage.com/
Horton, J, 2008, Why Looking Different Upsets Many People: Evolution, Available at:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1063711/why_looking_different_upsets_many_people.html?singlepage=true&cat=38
Non-Verbal Communication Modes. n.d., Available at:
http://www.andrews.edu/~tidwell/lead689/NonVerbal.html
Overview, n.d., Available at:
http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/communications/default.aspx
Why We Communicate: Three Basic Tasks, 2005, Available at:
http://www.medialit.org/pdf/mlk/27_Lesson5a.pdf
