{"value"=>"<p> <span class=\"title\">Perspectives on Afro-American culture and nonverbal communications.</span></p> <p>This paper explores the culture and nonverbal communications of Afro-Americans. The effects of slavery, racism and racial theories and how these factors have influenced Afro-American culture are examined. The importance for dance therapists to understand Afro-American culture as a referent for observing and interpreting their nonverbal communication is also discussed.</p>"}