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Special Section: Transracial Communication and the Changing Image of Black Americans

There appears to be a definite impact on transracial communication brought about by the changing image of black Americans. Transracial communication refers to the amount of understanding that persons from different racial backgrounds can achieve in a situation of verbal interaction (Smith, 1973). How we perceive our roles and relationships vis-a-vis other people determines, to a large extent, how much understanding is shared among us. In this paper, we shall discuss a number of studies related to white attitudes and black images. As Smith (1973: 17) has pointed out, we tend to have more tension in strange interactional situations than we do in familiar surroundings, with friends, speaking on subjects that are mutually interesting. Certainly our perceptions of other people color our reactions in a communicative situation. The myth of white superiority, although constantly challenged, made a lasting impression on many black Americans. A variety of social roles and pressures as responsible for supporting the myth of white superiority over blacks. Chief Justice Earl Warren stated in his now famous 1954 desegregation decision that segregation "generates a feeling of