Before starting this unit, it is recommended that you read one article from each category:

On Developing Cross-Cultural Competence

• Cross-Cultural Competence: Engage People from any Culture (L. Rasmussen)

On Layers of Identity

• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (P. McIntosh)
• Daily Effects of Straight Privilege (D. Hunter)

On World Views I May Have

• 10 Myths about Immigration (A. Author) 

On Diversity Among Newcomers

• Cultural Differences and Time (L. MacMahon)

On Successful Cross-Cultural Communication

• Cultural Differences? Or, Are We Really That Different? (Gregorio Billikopf)

On Balancing Communication

• Speaking with Clients Who Have Low English Proficiency (Center for Culture, Ethnicity, & Health)

On Sharing Information

• Giving and Receiving: The Senegalese Miracle. (K. Leita)
• Intercultural Empathy (A. Cornes)

On Basic Conflict Management Skills

• Specific Challenges and Problem-Solving Strategies (Institute for Clinical Research Education)

Before moving on to the next page in the unit, find out what you already may know about mentoring by completing the mentoring preassessment. The link is available below (in red).