Communication is not typically simple as what the mass think. The opinion that persons offer is significant because using language is learned social behavior. Furthermore, the mode in which individuals talk and listen are significantly experienced by cultural exchange. Sometimes individuals might think that their ways of passing the message are natural and evaluate others as if they necessarily felt the same we would feel if we spoke the way we did (Tannen 138).
What happens when a black man and a white woman speak for each other?
Darius Simpson & Scout Bostley’s poetry slam performance “Lost Voices” gives recognition to both the silent women & black men. In addition, the poem demon states the personal struggles of new generations of as well as female. Furthermore, it is a blunt and cutting portrayal that commendably lightens the dark facets of each experience, specifically those of the early childhood years. Moreover, the performance is characterized by the two speakers jumping back and forth, mugging each other of their voices (Poetry)
Darry Simpson and Scout Bostley use personal microphones when they speak. In their spoken word poem “lost voices”, the dual Eastern Michigan University students address issues of reproductive rights, male, and white privilege and dating in the early years. Rather than tell tales from their lives, they discuss each other experiences. Additionally, Bostley vocal issues that Simpson cannot because he is black. On the other hand, Simple addresses certain issues that Bostley cannot attempt because she is a woman. For instance, Bostley reveals Simpson experience who is viewed as a young black man. Simpson says “the first day I realized that I was black it was 2000 (Poetry),” she says. “We had just learned about blacks for the first time in second grade, On the contrary, Simpson takes over to offer more insight on Bostley “As a woman having a boyfriend is a battle.” He says “If 70 percent of us are abused in a lifetime what is the number of men doing it? (Poetry)”
Use the lines of the poem as well as readings and lecture to analyze/illustrate the poets’ point(s).
On the course of the poem, they carry on to tell one's story. For example, Simpson asserts that “As a woman I have learned to answer everything excluding my name. On the other scope of the study, Bostley lyrics that “‘Little Lady’ is not said to mean equal, but to make sure I remember my place (Poetry).” The latter continues “Do you know what it feels like to be black? To pop-lock your way in and out of hugs — it is not a problem you want to sympathize.” Nearly on the concluding section of the poem, Bostley and Simpson switch to their initial positions and speak for themselves. “I fight so my voice can be heard,” Bostley presumes “I am black and bold and beautiful by nature. Ain’t no income that can change that (Poetry).”
The lines of the poem help to familiarize the audience with the poet’s point of racism. Simpson asserts that I realized I was black, it was 2000; we had just learned about blacks for the first time in 2nd grade. At recess, all the white kids chased me into the woods chanting slave.” He continues to demonstrate the theme when he says “The cashier floated from aisle to aisle eyes fixed on my hands. That was the first time I realized skin color was a crime.”
One of the major underlying themes in the ‘lost voice’ poem is how others are not categorized in their social classes may claim to “know their struggle” and speak on their own. However, in such an initiative, persons may not be assisting as much as they are thinking. Additionally, the proposition is that in the process of agitating for themselves and claiming to be aware of their struggle. Persons whose society has already given an astounding voice can resolve to revert their power while taking the voices of the masses that are yearning to be heard. The theme coincides with the situations currently facing Africa.
While the poem certainly speaks to the issue of Diversity, I have included this as a Communication exercise. Why?
The poet’s comment that the ‘lost voice’ poem is a communication exercise is correct. The poet feels that when persons decide to speak for each other, everyone is left without a voice to defend himself. He feels that the continuous exploitation is due to individuals assuming that the struggle is attached to a particular social class (Hellriegel 257). To the poet, it is better for him to fight for the masses, some people silence in the name of what is appropriate. He views that every day is an execution when there is the absence of regard for lines crossed.
In business management, there are benefits attached to effective interpersonal communications for attaining organizational effectiveness. It is important to apply openness which is transparency in the business operations to be able to build brand trust. Another reason is that the companies should allow constructive feedback that allows them to offer comments when the customers inquire anything about them. The modes of business communications in the contemporary world are the transmission, comprehending, and receiving notions as well as thoughts and feelings. The verbal and non-verbal communication will encompass transferring and exchanging (Hellriegel 256).
Work Cited
Hellriegel, Don, and John W. SLOCUM. "organizational Behavior." Organizational Behavior By Don Hellriegel, John W. Slocum. 13th ed. South Western Cengage Learning, 2010. 283. Print.
Poetry, Button. "Darius Simpson & Scout Bostley - "Lost Voices" (CUPSI 2015)." YouTube. YouTube, 17 July 2015. Web. 8 Apr. 2016.
Tannen, Deborah. "Who Gets Heard and Why." Power of Talk 1 (2000): 149. Web. 8 Apr. 2016.
