Deck 10: Engaging Intercultural Communication for Social Justice: Challenges and Possibilities for Global Citizenship

Question 1

Managing ambiguity in intercultural communication means

A) to have the willingness to accept uncertainty and unknown situations.
B) to make everything clear and straightforward.
C) to make a decisive judgment on situations.
D) to make a clear distinction between the good and the bad.

Answer 1

to have the willingness to accept uncertainty and unknown situations.

Question 2

Social justice is defined as

A) one's ability to do what one wants, regardless of the collective or social benefit.
B) a goal and process that enables the unequal participation of some groups.
C) a movement toward an equitable distribution of resources in society.
D) a movement toward greater individual wealth accumulation based on competition.

Answer 2

a movement toward an equitable distribution of resources in society.

Question 3

One of the principles informing this textbook is

A) the important role history and relations of power play in intercultural communication.
B) the insignificant role of broad historical context including colonization in intercultural communication.
C) the lack of connections between the past and the present as illustrated by the almost equitable relations of power that exist today in the global context.
D) the fact that intercultural relations have already improved so much in the context of globalization.

Answer 3

the important role history and relations of power play in intercultural communication.

Question 4

Cultural self-awareness is defined as

A) the ability to understand and relate to the cultural experience of other people from their point of view.
B) the awareness or consciousness of oneself as a cultural being, whose beliefs, assumptions, attitudes, values, and behaviors are contoured by culture.
C) the ability to understand others as you understand yourself.
D) the ability to reflect on other people's culture and identity.

Question 5

Which of the following is/are emphasized when we study intercultural communication?

A) U.S. culture tends to be past oriented; yet histories shape intercultural relations and dynamics.
B) U.S. culture emphasizes equality; yet unequal relations of power shape intercultural communication and relationships.
C) While U.S. culture tends to focus on racial differences, race is a social construct and does not matter in people's lives.
D) While U.S. culture tends to focus on gender differences, gender is a social construct and does not matter in people's lives

Question 6

It is important to address issues of social justice in intercultural communication because

A) globalization has leveled the playing field, and our world is increasingly equitable.
B) globalization has intensified inequities, which has magnified intercultural conflict.
C) history shows that movements for social justice do not improve intercultural relations.
D) intercultural relations in the colonial era of world history advanced social justice.

Question 7

Empathy refers to

A) the ability to share the pain of others and the capacity to know the emotional experience of others from within their frame of reference.
B) the ability to communicate one's own feelings and emotions clearly to others.
C) the ability to emotionally connect with others.
D) the ability to share opinions and thoughts of others even when you disagree with them.

Question 8

Which of the following is true?

A) Intercultural alliances are increasingly unnecessary in the context of globalization.
B) Intercultural alliances are unlikely to occur due to increased ethnic and racial conflict in the global context.
C) Intercultural alliances are sites where issues of power and privilege are kept static.
D) Intercultural alliances are relationships that are not influenced by issues of power and privilege.

Question 9

A principle threaded throughout this book is

A) the cultural, political, and economic inequity is so immense in the global context that intercultural communication cannot have an impact.
B) the study and practice of intercultural communication need to be grounded in critical engagement, democratic participation, and social justice.
C) when we couple our theories and critical analysis with individual engagement and collective action, we risk creating a less equitable and socially just world.
D) intercultural communication has nothing to do with social justice.

Question 10

_______ in intercultural communication refers to a consciousness of oneself as a cultural being, whose beliefs, assumptions, attitudes, values, and behaviors are contoured by culture.

A) Self-awareness
B) self-reflection
C) inner peace
D) inner reflection

Question 11

Managing ______ refers to an individual's or group's ability to handle the tension that arises from the unknown in intercultural situations.

A) uncertainty
B) anxiety
C) doubt
D) ambiguity

Question 12

______, as an intercultural competence for the 21st century, entails understanding how we are situated in relation to others.

A) Framing
B) Positioning
C) Inquiry
D) Standing

Question 13

______ as an intercultural competence entails an awareness that our perspectives, our views on ourselves, others, and the world around us are always and inevitably enabled and constrained.

A) Outlining
B) Positioning
C) Framing
D) Standing

Question 14

Which of the following is not one of Daisaku Ikeda's three qualities of global citizens?

A) Wisdom
B) Knowledge
C) Courage
D) Compassion

Question 15

Intercultural ______ refers to the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to engage effectively in intercultural situations.

A) ability
B) intelligence
C) competency
D) expertise

Question 16

According to Solnit, ______ is a belief in a way forward, a belief in finding a door to walk through.

A) love
B) optimism
C) confidence
D) hope

Question 17

Youth of color make up ______ of the millennial generation in California.

A) 10%
B) 30%
C) 50%
D) 70%

Question 18

Intercultural ______ are sites where cultural differences, positionalities, and issues of power and privilege are negotiated, translated, and potentially transformed.

A) friendships
B) alliances
C) associations
D) coalitions

Question 19

Global ______ has also intensified intercultural, interethnic, interracial, and international tensions and conflicts.

A) knowledge
B) interdependence
C) independence
D) citizenship

Question 20

What type of action should you engage in as a student and practitioner of intercultural communication?

A) critical and reflective
B) apathetic
C) engaged and separated
D) passive and critical

Question 21

Culture is fixed in time and space.

Question 22

Culture can be used as a resource for economic development, collective empowerment, and education.

Question 23

Culture is contested and never static.

Question 24

To exercise "inquiry" in intercultural praxis means that we are willing to ask questions.

Question 25

Intercultural communication is always situated within specific, local contexts as well as broader global contexts.

Question 26

To study intercultural communication in the context of globalization and social justice means to explore what it means to be a global citizen.

Question 27

Globalization has a minimal influence on intercultural relations in local contexts.

Question 28

Intercultural activism means preserving hierarchy and division among groups.

Question 29

Protests, boycotts, canvassing, sit-ins, teach-ins, and street theater are all examples of intercultural activism.

Question 30

Dialogue, as an intercultural competence, is very simple.

Question 31

Define social justice and explain why social justice is at the core of intercultural communication.

Question 32

Briefly explain the three qualities of global citizenship proposed by Daisaku Ikeda.

Question 33

Briefly discuss what intercultural competence is and address how it relates to intercultural praxis and social justice

Question 34

Based on McIntosh's discussion on "capacities for global citizenship" in Chapter 10, discuss why she argues that we must redefine citizenship based on people's "needs" rather than "rights."

Question 35

Briefly explain intercultural alliance and discuss how it is different from intercultural friendship.