The college students learnt the language, culture and customs of Vietnamese, and have been doing it in a relaxed manner, according to their teacher.The group has also been taught to listen to and understand the people in their surroundings, such as the Vietnamese culture and traditional dance.“The group learnt to understand the Vietnamese language and […]
A few years ago, I was asked to give a talk at a small, conservative college in California about what it meant to be a true, authentic, and caring American.The audience was mostly white men, but I also had black students and people of color.In the days after, I realized that a lot of my […]
By the end of this month, the United Nations will celebrate its 40th anniversary, and there’s plenty of momentum behind it.We’ve heard the rhetoric about cultural transformation, but the reality is more complex.A few years ago, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) predicted that it would cost about $3 trillion to bring refugees out of […]
This week, two different pieces of cultural history are being revisited: the cultural humility that the Beatles experienced in their early years and the humility that was taught by their first president.It’s a topic that has been discussed in the press and in the hallways of the U.S. Capitol for decades.But what about the first […]
There’s a saying in the hookup world: “You’ve got to have a little bit of cultural humility to get through the process.”It’s a phrase that’s been around for decades, and it’s still applicable today.But, as I understand it, this phrase is not applied to hookup communities.In a nutshell, cultural humility is the ability to recognize […]
