Reflection Essay
King Wave
HowPolicingBlackBoysLeadstotheConditioningofBlackMen.pptx
Relevance of Intercultural communication
Intercultural communication enables people to interact with each other well across all cultures.
It allows people to know which phrases and vocabularies to use while communicating with persons from different cultural groups.
Interesting point about the article
In Kristin Henning and Angela Davis’ article, the manner in which law enforcement officers describe suspects determine the amount of force they use to arrest them.
Also, the description influences the sentences they receive after conviction.
From the article a statement like, “black boys running,” is likely to make police officers apply unnecessary force on the suspects even in situations when they are not armed.
Such incidences show the vital role that multicultural communications play in the manner in which people perceive others
Challenging point about the article
Henning and Davis argue in their article that black men have been conditioned due to the manner in which police officers treat black boys.
African American men are perceived to be dangerous. This viewpoint is exhibited by their large numbers in U.S. prisons despite being a minority group.
The fate of black men is determined at the adolescent stage when they come to understand, and either resent or respect the law.
In most instances, black boys develop a negative attitude towards laws and police officers due to how they are treated
Helping points in the article
Law enforcement officers need to use the elements of multicultural communication while interacting with these boys.
They should not be always suspicious about their intentions, an aspect that leads to most of them development resentments towards both the officers and the law.
Therefore, the article shows us how we should interact with persons from different cultural, religious, and racial backgrounds.
References
Henning, K. & Davis, H.J. (2017, May 23). Opinion: How Policing Black Boys Leads To The Conditioning Of Black Men. “NPR”. Retrieved from http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/05/23/465997013/opinion-how-policing-black-boys-leads-to-the-conditioning-of-black-men.
