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Category Archives: cultural competency

Poverty Tourism

I read this article the other day over at Mother Jones. It’s one person’s tale of working as a picker in a warehouse. She spend five days as a picker and writes an expose on the working conditions in the warehouse. I’ll say this once:  I am an advocate for human rights which includes laborContinue reading “Poverty Tourism”

Posted byErickaNovember 24, 2012November 24, 2012Posted incultural competency, Opinion3 Comments on Poverty Tourism

Cultural competency and othering

One inherent assumption in many of the definitions about cultural competence, is that we are to teach, learn, understand other cultures so that we know how to work with them. The issue begins with this “we.” Who is the “we?” An issue with cultural competence is the assumption that workers need training to work withContinue reading “Cultural competency and othering”

Posted byErickaSeptember 29, 2010Posted incultural competency, Education, Opinion
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