International Communications Final

1. Q - Define and discuss what is meant by shattered lens, prejudice, discrimination, and racism. Provide two examples of each. A - Prejudice is the prejudgment or assumption toward an individual or outgroup in a negative way based on limited knowledge or slim evidence. For example, If you’re prejudice you may think that all Jews are greedy and are rich. Another example would be that you think all Arabs are terrorists just because of the 9/11 bombings. Discrimination is the unfair treatment of an individual due to their race, age or sex. One example would be not letting a girl play a sport with men because she is a female and is seen as less dominant and not strong enough. Another example would be not letting someone join a club because they are seen as too old. Racism is the belief in cultural superiority of one race and inferiority of other races. One example of Racism was the Germans in the early 1900s when they were killing off Jews, blacks, gays, and others because they were seen as less superior and not of the Arian race. Another example of Racism was slavery. Africans were tortured, abused and worked to death just because of their skin color. Whites saw them as inferior to them and enslaved them.
2. Q - Define and provide one example each of bias intergroup filters, ethnocentrism, ethnorelative, and stereotypes. A – Ethnocentrism is the idea that our ingroup’s ideas and values are more important than ones from any other outgroup. One example as seen in the book is the Superbowl where the winner would be crowned as “World” champions, even though all the teams in the NFL are American. Ethnorelative however is the understanding of communicational behavior from the other persons frame or reference. You are accepting of the differences and adapt to them. An example of this would be if you had a Muslim friend who prays 5 times a day. While some think that as a bit excessive, if you understand it and the reason why, you are ethnorelative.