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Scrip/Write-up for Final End-of-Course Small Group Presentation Group 6 Marion Bernitt Alora Crawford Sabina Jurgens Donald Scott Hannah Wagar Tacoma Community College CMST 110: Multicultural Communication Dr. Zoe D. Fine February 27, 2022 Scripts/write-ups CUT TO: Visual aids Marion: Hi my name is Marion Bernitt. I will be discussing ideological racism and microaggressions, analyzing my own communication and how they all tie into one another. Like systemic and individual racism, ideological racism is when we have particular views and beliefs about people based on stereotypes and biases we have normalized in society or culture (Dr. Fine, Z., 2022, Module 5). In many Asian cultures, particularly my Filipino culture, there is this unspoken belief that people who are light skinned are more superior to dark skinned people regardless of their race. People also associate skin color to economic status. If you’re light skinned, you must be wealthy, if you’re dark skinned you must be poor. Skin lightening products and laser skin treatments even

to this day are quite common, not just in Filipino culture but also in others like Korean culture. The color of my skin was always a topic of discussion growing up. It was always questioned or commented on because I didn’t “look” Filipino. Because of this, I’ve become more mindful in how I communicate with others, being careful not to make comments that overgeneralize a population. In the lecture supplement in module 5, the video called “The Difference Between Us” demonstrates how science debunks the notion that race is biological and that the concept of race is still a major factor in identifying people in our society. We all have assumptions and biases about how certain groups of races should look or what talents they should possess. Example: If you’re a black male, you must be an athlete or play basketball. If you’re Asian, you must be intelligent and be good at math. If you’re blonde you are more desirable but less intelligent. These are all examples of stereotypes which are “oversimplified generalizations about groups of people” (Dr. Fine, Z., module 5 Lecture Supplement Video). As I say these stereotypes out loud, I start to wonder where I myself came to these conclusions or generalizations. Stereotypes and biases are the root of ideological racism. These stereotypes and biases can also be the cause of microaggressions. In module 5 of our course content, under overview of ‘Communicating race, racism, systems, and privileges’, microaggressions are defined as: Everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs, or insults whether intentional or unintentional, which communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative messages to target persons, based solely upon their marginalized group membership (Dr. Fine, Z., Module 5 Lecture overview). Some questions I’ve received growing up were, “Where are you really from?” “What kind of asian are you?” or “You must be smart and good at math”. Microaggressions can make you question your identity, feel like you don’t belong, and even impact your self-esteem. People often don’t realize the impact of their words and actions. So, what can we do about it? According to a video by WTCSystem on ‘Responding to Microaggressions’, there are three things we can do. 1. Ask questions to get at any underlying assumptions 2. Acknowledge what happened to the person affected. 3. Be an active bystander and explain to the person saying or behaving in a harmful way why their actions had a negative impact, even if unintentional (WTCSystem, 2020, May 26). Looking at my younger self, I wish I could have interrupted these microaggressions to allow for reflection and learning from both ends so we can live in a culture of understanding, away from ideological racism, stereotypes, and everyday microaggressions. Alora: Hi everyone. My name is Alora, and I will be analyzing Hofstede’s cultural dimension theories on Masculinity vs. Femininity and Collectivism vs. Individualism.

According to the 2014 video, 10 minutes with Geert Hofstede , masculine societies have distinct emotional gender roles, and a society is feminine if this role separation is weak or nonexistent. In feminine societies, people have sympathy for the weak but in masculine societies weakness is frowned upon. Masculine societies are goal oriented and focused on material objects whereas feminine societies are relationship oriented and focused on the quality of life. In individualist societies, ties between people are relatively loose and you are only expected to care for yourself and your immediate family. In contrast, people from collectivist societies associate strongly with their ingroups which usually includes a larger population as people are expected to care about their neighbors and communities. Collectivists greatly value relationships and maintaining harmony with others, whereas individualists put a higher value on successfully completing tasks and view conflict as healthy. In my communication style I find myself using a lot of feminine and collectivist techniques. I try to empathize with people, as well as including a lot of “we” statements because people often respond better when they feel understood and included. I’m a pretty emotional person which is often visible through my nonverbal communication such as animated hand gestures or facial expressions. I also tend to care about other people’s thoughts and feelings a bit more than I value my own, mostly because I absolutely hate conflict and disappointing people. I do use a few masculine characteristics when communicating because I know some people find a logical approach more trustworthy. However I’ve always seemed to shy away from extreme individualist characteristics out of fear of being perceived as selfish. TIME : 1 minute, 40 seconds Donald: My name is Donald Scott and I will be contributing by summarizing how standpoint theory and cognitive dissonance will be fitting into the option we chose as a group. I will briefly explain standpoint theory and cognitive dissonance and how it is used in my own everyday communication style. Standpoint theory is from a “social position and works to form an attitude towards a particular issue from one’s own perspective”(Dr.Fine, (2022) module 2. Everybody has their own particular issue that forms their own perspective to certain issues. I connect this with my own communication when I am at work by selling the products we have to offer. Next, I will briefly explain about cognitive dissonance and how I also use this in my own everyday communication style. cognitive dissonance is a “mental conflict/discomfort that occurs when beliefs, attitudes, behaviors, and/or assumptions are contradicted by new information”(Dr.Fine(2022) Module 2. I connect this with my own communication when I study products that we sell to customers that I have already sold or trying to and the customer tells me stuff about the product that I didn’t know about. When that happens I try to shut it down as

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