Critical Issues Concerning Cultural Competence

Sue’s contribution concerning cultural competence is reviewed and critiqued. General issues provoked by Sue and found in the emergent discourse on the topic are discussed, including concerns about its operationalization, its purpose, its parameters, issues pertaining to training, and considerations for evaluation. Specific issues related to Sue’s model are highlighted with suggestions for improvement and clarification. The specific issues critiqued include the following strengths: continued leadership in the field, inclusion of social justice, multidimensionality of cultural competence, and the tripartite conception of personal identity. Issues of concern include the lack of a solid rationale for the model, definitional difficulties, the lack of prescription, and limitations based on the race-based group perspective. Suggestions for future scholarship are offered

Competence (human resources · Criminology · Cultural competence · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Operationalization · Pedagogy · Political science · Scholarship · Social justice · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Cultural Competency in Health Care · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Psychology · Social Psychology

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• “When in Rome…”

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• Multicultural counseling competence for addressing the mental health needs of international students in Korea

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• Addressing religious and spiritual diversity in graduate training and multicultural education for professional psychologists

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• Commentary

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• Culturally competent interventions in Type 2 diabetes mellitus management

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• A Multidimensional Exploration of the Impact of International Experiences on Counselors’ Cross-Cultural Awareness

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• Extending the social category label effect to stigmatized groups

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• Empowering Hispanic Students Through Student Organizations

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• The Case for a Cultural Humility Framework in Social Work Practice

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• Is Multicultural Counseling Competence Outdated or Underdeveloped, or in Need of Refinement? A Response to Ridley et al

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• Identifying factors that influence the learner empowerment of international students

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• Moving towards Community Cultural Competence

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• Exploring Community Narratives of Violence Against Women among Domestic Violence Responders in Guam

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• Fundamental Contradictions in Cultural Competence

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• Beyond Microskills

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• Multicultural Counseling Competence

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• Rethinking Multicultural Counseling Competence

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• The Superordinate Nature of Cultural Competence

  Open Access•Derald Wing Sue•The Counseling Psychologist•2001

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• Defining and assessing key behavioral indicators of the Shifting Cultural Lenses model of cultural competence

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• Cultural Intersection of Asian Indian Ethnicity and Presenting Problem

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• Multicultural Counseling Competencies

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• Psychology in the public interest

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• The diversification of psychology

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• Multidimensional Facets of Cultural Competence

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• Position Paper

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• Racism, Mental Health, and Mental Health Practice

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• The Relationships Among Counselor-Trainees' Gender, Cognitive Development, and White Racial Identity

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