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Assessments are made from the lense of your culture

Cultural Insight: Assessments of other cultures are made from one’s own culture as the baseline, but this can lead to contradictory results. A French person may accuse an American of unfeeling bluntness because the French generally contextualize their speech in subtle nonverbal cues. Before you say, “Well, that’s just the way the French are,” consider that a Chinese person would make the same accusation of the French. ((Meyer, pg. 22))…