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Cultural Competence: An Important Skill Set for the 21st Century

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Displaying the cultural competency behaviors of active listening, empathy, and effective engagement can help us to create a welcoming environment and establish the appreciation of similarities and differences among cultures. Cultural competence is the ability of a person to effectively interact, work, and develop meaningful relationships with people of various cultural backgrounds. Cultural background can include the beliefs, customs, and behaviors of people from various groups. Gaining cultural competence is a lifelong process of increasing self-awareness, developing social skills and behaviors around diversity, and gaining the ability to advocate for others. It goes beyond tolerance, which implies that one is simply willing to overlook differences. Instead, it includes recognizing and respecting diversity through our words and actions in all contexts. The United States has always had an ethnically diverse population, including African Americans, Native Americans, and Japanese America

Cultural Competence: An Important Skill Set for the 21st Century G1375 · Index: Youth & Families, Families Issued February 2016 Cultural Competence An Important Skill Set for the 21st Century Maria Rosario T. de Guzman, Extension Specialist in Adolescence Tonia R. Durden, Extension Specialist in Early Childhood Education Sarah A. Taylor, Graduate Research Assistant Jackie M. Guzman, Extension Educator Kathy L. Potthoff, Extension Educator Displaying the cultural competency behaviors of active listening, empathy, and effective engagement can help us to create a welcoming environment and es

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