Milton J. Bennett > Quotes

“Individuals who have received largely monocultural socialization normally have access only to their own cultural worldview, so they are unable to view the world in a way that would generate a different experience.”
― Milton Bennett, Basic Concepts of Intercultural Communication: Paradigms, Principles, and Practices

“The more culture is considered a “thing” and not an ongoing coordination of meaning, the less able people are to see their own role in creating that meaning. This restricts their ability to exercise either cultural self-awareness or perspective taking of other cultural worldviews.”
― Milton Bennett, Basic Concepts of Intercultural Communication: Paradigms, Principles, and Practices

“And even if we do attempt to understand others, by understanding ourselves in cultural terms we are less likely to behave in unconsciously ethnocentric ways.”
― Milton Bennett, Basic Concepts of Intercultural Communication: Paradigms, Principles, and Practices