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When most black people engage one another in conversation or some other type of verbal interaction, we tend to use a ‘call and response’ type format. This basically means that I show my feelings (aggreement, disagreement, pleasure, discomfort, anger, disbelief, etc) by supplying a verbal response (i.e. say what, no he didn’t, you can say that again, etc) or some type of physical gesture (a pat on the arm, a slight shove, rolling the eyes). This is even true at church services (Amen, tell it preacher). This behavior is said to originate in West African cultures in which people were taught oral histories by this method. This behavior just carries over into other facets of our lives and many other cultures do not understand it.

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Name : phende, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 25, City : Chicago, State : IL, Country : United States, Occupation : Teacher, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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