FRIENDS OR NOT
What I learned about communication between Kenya Moore and Kandi Burruss
from the television show “Real Housewives of Atlanta" was
that Kenya is very stand offish towards Kandi. Her body language shows
she rather be somewhere else. She acts as if she's better than anyone
else. Based on the way Kenya and Kandi are communicating their relationship is very rocky at times. Kenya constantly rolls her eyes and she keeps cutting Kandi off whenever the opportunity is present or she changes the subject. We often send nonverbal messages unintentionally – we roll our eyes, laugh, slouch, or blush without meaning to display those behaviors (O’Hair & Wiemann, 2012). Kenya doesn’t like Kandi at all. They are either housewives in Atlanta or friends to other characters on the show. But one thing for sure, they’re not best of friends.
Kenya is just uncomfortable with the situation she is in. She got into a physical altercation and Kandi didn’t intervene on her behalf. Kandi thought Kenya was in the wrong and that she brought the fight on her own.
My assumptions from what I observed from the two scenarios gave me two things to consider. The first thing is don’t be too quick to react. Everyone may not have achieved the same level of communication as the next person but because I knew additional information and I was present I could have spoken up and eased the situation some. The second thing is with the siblings this whole ordeal could have escalated to something worse but the key is to have an understanding how siblings respond to each other.
In early childhood we won’t always agree with what we hear nor will we always understand what is being communicated but we must make every attempt to listen with clarity and ask questions to what we don’t understand. Because I do not watch shows with violence or arguing I believe my assumptions would have been different watching a show I know well.
References
O'Hair, D., &
Wiemann, M. (2012). Real communication. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's.
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