CTAC 275 - Interracial/Interethnic Communication [GEUS]
The analysis of how ethnocentric attitudes toward perceived racial/ethnic minority group speakers/listeners influence interpersonal communication transactions.
Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation Fall and Winter
CTAC 275 Interracial/Interethnic Communication on meets the U.S. diversity requirement of general education because it prompts students to consider and evaluate the foundations of race/ethnicity based identities and assumptions in the context of interpersonal interacting. Attitudes about racially and ethnically different “others” are both developed and expressed through conversation (Debra J. Dickerson, The End of Blackness: Returning the Souls of Black Folk to their Rightful Owners). The persistent issue of racial and ethnic inequality in the United States becomes visible in the language and non-verbal expression of people between and within diverse identity groups. When viewed through the lens of communicative interaction, we understand how interpersonal interaction offers socially and persuasively constructed identities, social roles, and status. The increasingly racially and ethnically diverse fabric of American Culture suggests that our interaction with “others” is near constant. The need to understand how race and ethnicity inform our communication choices, shape our understanding of messages and clarify our individual and group relationship to a changing world is vital.
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