Task: Deaf, whiteness and Japanese American culture and communication
Do an Internet search for timely and relevant journal articles related to deaf culture. Identify aspects of the culture that are surprising to you or that you did not know. Reflect on what you can learn from or about people who think differently than you because of their histories.
Next, do an Internet search on "whiteness" and consider the validity of the perspectives of the people you read about.
Select another culture and do a third Internet search on it, considering its perspective.
Carefully compare and contrast the three groups as to the factors that identify them as cultures. Consider the below in your essay:
• What are their rules and values?
• Describe the languages they speak or the gestures they use or do not use.
In the second part , thoughtfully reflect on what a person should know about these three cultures in order to effectively communicate with them.
Consider the below in your essay:
Reflect on how knowing these things about these three cultures should affect your intercultural communication