Cultural Proficiency Continuum
(unique ways of seeing and responding to differences)
A.) Cultural destructiveness -See the difference, stomp it out:
The elimination of other people's cultures
B.) Cultural incapacity-See the difference, make it wrong:
Belief in the superiority of one's culture and behavior
that disempowers another's culture
C.) Cultural blindness -See the difference, act like you don't:
Acting as if the cultural differences you see do not matter,
or not recognizing that there are difference
among and between cultures
D.) Cultural precompetence -See the difference, respond inadequately:
Awareness of the limitations of one's skills
or an organization's practices when interacting
with other cultural groups
E.) Cultural competence -See the difference, understand
the difference that difference makes:
Interacting with other cultural groups using the five
essential elements of cultural proficiency as the standard
for individual behavior and school practices
F.) Cultural proficiency -See the difference and respond
positively and affirmingly:
Esteeming culture, knowing how to learn
about individual and organizational culture, and
interacting effectively in a variety of cultural environments.
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TDestructiveness TBlindness T Competence
T Cultural T Cultural Cultural T
Incapacity Precompetence Proficiency
