Inside Relationships: Critical Creative Case Studies in Interpersonal Communication

Sandra L. Faulkner (editor)

Chapter 4 The Social Self - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

Problem 1

What are some strategies for negotiating racial conflict in interracial friendships and age difference in intergenerational relationships? Do you feel the author's relationship with JC was authentic? Is it redeemable? Should it be? Do you feel it would have been easier to express disagreement if JC were a) not white, b) not a man, c) not 25-plus years older? Explain your answer.

Jessica Bryan

Numerade Educator

Problem 2

Why do you think Boylorn suggests that JC does not realize she is a "black woman"? How do stereotypes, microaggressions, and racialized assumptions inform our interracial and intra-racial communicative encounters?

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Problem 3

How does silence communicate compliance or disdain in controversial interactions? What do you think Boylorn should have said in response to JC's claims? Re-create the conversation as a script where you fill in her silences with words. What would you have her say and why? How might she have changed the conversation with her response?

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Problem 4

How (or is) the author's relationship with her Republican neighbor different or the same as her relationship with JC? Is it possible to be genuine friends with someone with whom you have opposing viewpoints?

Kaylee Mcclellan

Numerade Educator