Advanced Communications in Society Santantoniano J. Smith COM360 Professor Tamara Holmes April 28, 2014 The name of the person and his or her relationship to you. This Person is my Spouse Why you chose this person to interview. I chose her due to her very diverse background. The interview subject's cultural background and the culture and/or subcultures to which he or she belongs. She is Multiracial but considered black even though her birth certificate reads Caucasian. A list of at least six questions you intend to ask in the interview. How far back in time can the person remember? What is his or her first childhood memory? The earliest childhood memory Capacstreal can remember is approximately at the age of two years of age. She remembers walking behind her grandmother and sucking her thumb. She remembers her grandmother picking her up and placing her on her lap. At that point she remembers eating some type of pie. She does not remember if the pie was sweet potato or pumpkin. What does the person remember of the experience of being an immigrant or a subgroup member in that time? She remembers that the KKK was still very relevant in Natchez Mississippi. Being an international child, African American Mom and White Father, many Klansmen looked upon her dad as a traitor to the race. They expressed this when they where out shopping and enjoying evenings as a family. Which impressions or experiences from that time are most vivid to him or her today? At the age of 10 her parents had to move due to the constant threats they were receiving from the KKK. Even though it was the late 80’s, people still turned a blind eye to what the Klan was doing in the community. When they moved to Vicksburg, MS, they began to receive the same treatment almost from the African American Community, just not as harsh. If he or she immigrated to this country, what was the country of origin like in terms of geography, government, transportation, economic system, and education system? If he or she were raised in this country, what were these aspects of life like during their childhood? Since her dad had a good education he was able to receive good work but often times had to hide the fact that he had an African American wife. She does not remember having to struggle or worry about economic implications. During that time as a child Reganomics, was transitioning the economy from welfare to entrepreneurship. What does the person recall of the communication with members of the dominant culture? What barriers to effective communication did he or she encounter? She had it very rough. Her birth certificate states that she is white but she has a very brown complication. White people treated her as if she was black so it was very uncomfortable for her because she presumed that she was white since her birth certificate read as such. So many whites would not speak with her. In the United States today, what is different in his or her life in terms of language.

1. Advanced Communications in Society
Santantoniano J. Smith
COM360
Professor Tamara Holmes
April 28, 2014
The name of the person and his or her relationship to you. This
Person is my Spouse
Why you chose this person to interview. I chose her due to her
very diverse background.
The interview subject's cultural background and the culture
and/or subcultures to which he or she belongs. She is
Multiracial but considered black even though her birth
certificate reads Caucasian.

2. A list of at least six questions you intend to ask in the
interview.
How far back in time can the person remember? What is his or
her first childhood memory? The earliest childhood memory
Capacstreal can remember is approximately at the age of two
years of age. She remembers walking behind her grandmother
and sucking her thumb. She remembers her grandmother picking
her up and placing her on her lap. At that point she remembers
eating some type of pie. She does not remember if the pie was
sweet potato or pumpkin.
What does the person remember of the experience of being an
immigrant or a subgroup member in that time? She remembers
that the KKK was still very relevant in Natchez Mississippi.
Being an international child, African American Mom and White
Father, many Klansmen looked upon her dad as a traitor to the
race. They expressed this when they where out shopping and
enjoying evenings as a family.
Which impressions or experiences from that time are most vivid
to him or her today? At the age of 10 her parents had to move
due to the constant threats they were receiving from the KKK.
Even though it was the late 80’s, people still turned a blind eye
to what the Klan was doing in the community. When they
moved to Vicksburg, MS, they began to receive the same
treatment almost from the African American Community, just
not as harsh.
If he or she immigrated to this country, what was the country of
origin like in terms of geography, government, transportation,
economic system, and education system? If he or she were
raised in this country, what were these aspects of life like
during their childhood? Since her dad had a good education he
was able to receive good work but often times had to hide the
fact that he had an African American wife. She does not
remember having to struggle or worry about economic
implications. During that time as a child Reganomics, was
transitioning the economy from welfare to entrepreneurship.
What does the person recall of the communication with

3. members of the dominant culture? What barriers to effective
communication did he or she encounter? She had it very rough.
Her birth certificate states that she is white but she has a very
brown complication. White people treated her as if she was
black so it was very uncomfortable for her because she
presumed that she was white since her birth certificate read as
such. So many whites would not speak with her.
In the United States today, what is different in his or her life in
terms of language, religion, family customs, diet, recreation,
and work, as compared to childhood? She embraces both races
and is still treated as if she is only African American even
though most people can identify that she is mixed. Her diet is
such as someone that is African American (meaning she eats
very soulful foods). For recreation she enjoys running and she is
currently a Registered Nurse. Now she is accepted and most
people do not care about her race and it is not a factor as it was
when she was younger. She oftentimes laugh because her father
told her in time the world will change.

4. Reference:
2014.A Wall of Wizards. http://www.kkklan.com/wall.htm
Prontes, I. 2013. About Racism in Interracial Dating.
http://www.ehow.com/about_4580062_racism-interracial-
dating.html
Wikipedia, 2014. Multiracial – Wikipedia 2014.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiracial