COM 250 / Wk. #4 Discussion: Nonverbal communication as an implicit exhibition of power: My story

  How is the power relationship exhibited in our nonverbal behavior? Have you realized that some mannerism belongs to people with certain status? How does people use nonverbal behavior to signify their cultural identity? Why does some group of people protest that their nonverbal behavior has been stolen by other group of people? For example, recently, I heard an Indian female student in Yale University complained that their bindi (red dot) has been misused by ethnic fashion. Does she has a valid reason to complain about this? When a politician born with a silver spoon behaves like a plain folk, what do you feel?