As one of the few African American females at her high school, Rhonda is quite comfortable talking about race, enjoys inviting friends of other races to her house, and has dated boys of different races. She feels confident in her ability to make friends and maintain relationships without regard for racial differences. For her, racial differences are not a big deal. What stage of nigrescence does Rhonda's story illustrate?

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Walter Wood

Social Studies

12 May, 05:57

As one of the few African American females at her high school, Rhonda is quite comfortable talking about race, enjoys inviting friends of other races to her house, and has dated boys of different races. She feels confident in her ability to make friends and maintain relationships without regard for racial differences. For her, racial differences are not a big deal. What stage of nigrescence does Rhonda's story illustrate?

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Alyssa Robertson · Answer 1

Rhonda's story illustrates the Pre-encounter stage.

Explanation:

According to the Nigrescence theory, developed by William Cross, there are five stages that describe the development of a Black identity. The first stage, which he called the pre-encounter stage, is characterized by race neutrality. People don't focus on race as an important variable, but instead on other aspects of their lives, such as occupation, religion, etc. they don't think that race has affected their lives in any way.

Rhonda's attitude toward race seems neutral, she is comfortable talking about it, since for her, it is not a big deal.