Intercultural Competency
We recommend the Intercultural Development Inventory™ (IDI) as a tool to promote equity efforts because of its focus on the foundational skills and mindset related to intercultural competence.
Our ability to be interculturally competent factors into the daily interactions we have with people who are different from us, the way we frame challenges, the solutions we come up with, the people we include (or exclude) in decision-making, the way we implement solutions, and how we evaluate success. In other words, cultural competency is essential for those wanting to apply an equity lens to their efforts.
Books
What Does It Mean To Be White? Developing Racial Literacy by Robin DiAngelou
Salsa, Soul, and Spirit by Juana Bordas
Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind by Geerte Hofstede
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman
Up Against Whiteness: Race, School, and Immigrant Youth by Stacey Lee