This week we learned about developing cultural intelligence in a global world. One way a person can develop cultural intelligence is by spending more time in a foreign country because that will most likely guarantee cross-cultural experiences. If a person can not afford to travel to a foreign country, they can go to a public area that people from all cultures visit and try to befriend them. A person also needs to educate themselves by reading more books like the textbook we use in this class. They need to put into practice what they have been learning about cultural intelligence.

In the film “Do the Right Thing” a character who was culturally intelligent was Mookie. He was culturally intelligent because he would avoid throwing racial slurs. In one scene,Buggin Out argues with Sal about not having photos of African Americans. They start offending one another and Mookie feels forced to intervene. Instead of taking sides, Mookie decides to tell both parties to calm down. This shows that he is culturally intelligent because his is being mindful that if he gives preference to one side, Buggin Out’s, he will seem biased since he is African American too. He is trying to be in the shoes of both sides so that he can make a better judgment of the situation. Mookie understands that his employer is Italian and might have different customs to him. He tries to understand him the best he can, since he wants to keep his job at the pizzeria. He respects …show more content…
Pino would say that African Americans could not be trusted because they stab people in the back. Pino should not judge all African Americans based on one incident he had with someone from an African American background. In order to increases his cultural intelligence, Pino needs to unpackage different cultures and avoid stereotyping people. He can unpackage cultures by describing their essential features. By doing this, he will understand a culture’s underlying