People Like Ourselves Analysis

Under the race ethnicity and communication section of the chapter I didn't like how the author said we communicated more with people like ourselves. Granted that it may be true for some, the wording seems off to me. " people like ourselves " can mean a lot more than race, social status and ethnic groups (as the author mentioned). By limiting " people like ourselves " to those three categories i feel as though she is saying those are the main categories that link people, which I disagree with. I feel like saying " people with commonalities " would be more appropriate wording because you can share a commonality with an individual and communicate in a special way based off that commonality, however, that same individual may not necessarily be