Assess The Importance Of Cultural Competency

I think Cultural Competency is the ability to be aware of one’s own culture, its values and ethics and the cultures of others. By being aware of the ideologies and viewpoints of different people, ones ability to make decisions drastically improves by being aware of differences in people and their lifestyles. Not everyone in the world is created equally, we are raised through various experiences and various people, while our ancestors used these differences to segregate and gain superiority over individuals of inferior upbringing, a more contemporary individual needs to be culturally aware in order to fit into todays world. Cultural Competence means a lot to me personally, going through an International Baccalaureate curriculum in my high school,
I was taught to think holistically about all aspects of conflict and to avoid individual bias as much as possible, this aspect of teaching helped be able to solve problems better in my own life as well as aid in solving conflicts more efficiently for those close to me. Cultural competency was at one point very frowned upon at one point, but I believe it is essential to succeed in the modern world.