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Questions
1. We pick up stereotypes in many ways, including from the media. In TV shows and movies, older people often are portrayed as needing help, and Asian Americans, African Americans, or Latinos as rarely play leading, assertive roles" (Martin & Nakayama 200).
What stereotypes about your culture have the media spread? And how have they affected you or your culture?
2. An African American student said, "I have always known my history and the history of my people in this country. I will always be first African American and then American. Who I am is based on my heritage" (Martin & Nakayama 181).
What are your opinions on this matter?
3. "Communication scholar Ting-Toomey (1993, 2005) argues in her identity negotiation theory that cultural variability influences our sense of self and ultimately influences how successful we are in intercultural interactions" (Ting-Toomey qtd. in Martin & Nakayama 163).
What does this theory mean? And can you give examples?