Cultural Competence: The Process Of Cultural Competence

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Cultural competence is a process of understanding various beliefs, values, practices, and behaviors of a cultural groups particularly the ones that is different than our own (Potter & Perry 2013, p). In order to be culturally competent one has to be free of prejudice that is, having an opinion, mostly unfavorable, towards a group of people without any knowledge about them. Being bias is another hindrance to be culturally competent. It is easy to favor our own culture against another group because our perception of normal is based on what is typical in our group. In 2013, there are about 41.3 million immigrant living all over the US (Migration.org). This means that there are a lot of people in the country with different cultural backgrounds.