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More than ever, in our increasingly multicultural environment in the United States, it is important to emphasize the need for more cultural competence in our schools, professional environments, and in all aspects of life. Cultural competence involves not only recognizing the cultural differences and accepting them (although this is a great start), but it goes even further toward acknowledging the opportunities that can be gained from diversity and a willingness and desire to learn about how to cultivate the usefulness of different cultures working together. In short, cultural competence means not just tolerating or accepting, but also valuing cultural diversity.
One of the greatest insights that I learned from this week’s material is that to be truly culturally competent, one must also have cultural humility – for me, this means accepting that as an …show more content…

I even would go as far as to say that at the moment, I feel I have more to learn about the mainstream culture in the U.S than about the microcultures that exist within this country! This is challenging because all my life I have felt like a big mumble jumble of cultures and I never really felt like I perfectly “fit in” in any of the countries that I have lived in. On the other hand, however, this may work to my advantage in that at least I can understand how other people feel when they are in a culture that is different than theirs and how to be aware of the communication barriers and other differences that can potentially cause conflict. Overall, it’s a learning process for me, and I am excited by the challenge of taking steps toward becoming a more culturally competent and aware

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