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When Black Women Talk to the White Women: Why Dialogues Are Difficult &Talking Can Stop Hate
Yves Gregory Ngendahimana
Regis University
Interpersonal Communication COM310_XP49
Dr. Jeffrey Yeggler
February 28, 2013
WHEN BLACK WOMEN TALK TO THE WHITE WOMEN: WHY DIALOGUES ARE DIFFICULT & TALKING CAN STOP HATE
The book bridges not walls edited by Stewart talks a lot on having dialogues with people especially in its eleventh chapter. Two articles in chapter eleven caught my attention because they all talk about ‘dialogues’. Dialogue is an important thing in the societies to do in order for people to understand and trust each other in order to stop hate. These article reviews discuss how black women talk with white women and westerners talk with Muslims though there is still lack of dialogues.
Houston talks about the communication between black women and white women and how it is seen among them. She tried to have a chat with some black women and white women in order to hear their views on how they communicate to each other. Houston asked some black women on how they consider themselves when communicating with the white women; she was told that black women appear to be strong, confident and thoughtful when speaking while they consider white women to be arrogant, weak and passive when speaking. These black women say this because they believe that there are some differences between them and the white women. On the other side the white women believe themselves to be ‘dialect’ (Stewart, 2009), which means that they are good at grammar and pronunciation of English, whereas black women are believed to mix American and African pronunciation of English. I know that everybody support herself and tries to be perfect in front of others. For example, there is no way that people who happen to be the last positions in the whole class can tell you that they are the last ones. They always try their best to put themselves in a better
When Black Women Talk to the White Women: Why Dialogues Are Difficult &Talking Can Stop Hate
Yves Gregory Ngendahimana
Regis University
Interpersonal Communication COM310_XP49
Dr. Jeffrey Yeggler
February 28, 2013
WHEN BLACK WOMEN TALK TO THE WHITE WOMEN: WHY DIALOGUES ARE DIFFICULT & TALKING CAN STOP HATE
The book bridges not walls edited by Stewart talks a lot on having dialogues with people especially in its eleventh chapter. Two articles in chapter eleven caught my attention because they all talk about ‘dialogues’. Dialogue is an important thing in the societies to do in order for people to understand and trust each other in order to stop hate. These article reviews discuss how black women talk with white women and westerners talk with Muslims though there is still lack of dialogues.
Houston talks about the communication between black women and white women and how it is seen among them. She tried to have a chat with some black women and white women in order to hear their views on how they communicate to each other. Houston asked some black women on how they consider themselves when communicating with the white women; she was told that black women appear to be strong, confident and thoughtful when speaking while they consider white women to be arrogant, weak and passive when speaking. These black women say this because they believe that there are some differences between them and the white women. On the other side the white women believe themselves to be ‘dialect’ (Stewart, 2009), which means that they are good at grammar and pronunciation of English, whereas black women are believed to mix American and African pronunciation of English. I know that everybody support herself and tries to be perfect in front of others. For example, there is no way that people who happen to be the last positions in the whole class can tell you that they are the last ones. They always try their best to put themselves in a better
References: Stewart, J. (2009). Bridges not walls: A book about interpersonal communication. (10th Ed.) New York: McGraw-Hill. Houston, M. (2004).When Black Women Talk with White Women: Why Dialogues Are Difficult. In J. Stewart (Ed.) Bridges not walls: a book about interpersonal communication (10th Ed. 520-527). Ahmed, A. (2007). Talking Can Stop Hate. In J. Stewart (Ed.) Bridges not walls: a book about interpersonal communication (10th Ed. 529-533).