Cultural Intelligence and Immigration

1. Cultural Intelligence and Immigration Ms. Kim A. Pettit, M.A. kimpettit@outlook.com 719.453.8833

2. 9 Kinds of intelligence • Bodily/kinesthetic • Interpersonal/social • Verbal/linguistic • Logical/mathematical • Intrapersonal/emotional • Visual/spatial • Musical • Naturalistic/ecological • Spiritual/existential

3. No, make that 10! What is a grasshopper? • USA: pest • China: pet • Northern Thailand: appetizer

4. Culture Shock A condition of disorientation affecting someone who is suddenly exposed to an unfamiliar culture or way of life or set of attitudes* Culture Shock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFbPCj_cajY • *Culture shock, WorldnetElectronic Lexical Database, Princeton University. Retrieved March 16, 2017 from http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwns=cultureshock

5. Cultural Intelligence (CQ) An outsider’s seemingly natural ability to interpret someone’s unfamiliar and ambiguous gestures the way that person’s compatriots would* • *Earley, C. and Mosakowski, E. “Cultural Intelligence.” (October 2009) Harvard business Review82.10 (2004): 139+. Retrieved December 2, 2009 from Expanded Academic ASAP, <http://ezproxy.ppld.org:2059/gtx/start.do?prodId=EAIM&userGroupName=pike>.

6. Cultural intelligence - Cognitive • Race & ethnicity • Language • Social customs, traditions and holidays • History & government • Economy • Environment • Art & literature • Music & dance • Sports • Location/Geography • Religion

7. Cultural intelligence - Emotional How motivated are you to learn about other cultures? • Being in love • Safety in a foreign land • Attraction to the culture, or prejudice What emotional resources do you have? • Perseverance • Support

8. Cultural Intelligence - Physical The American Handshake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDhXD25fmMo&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh+div-HM

9. Six CQ Profiles • Provincial • Analyst • Natural • Ambassador • Mimic • Chameleon

10. Provincial effective when working with people of similar background, but runs into trouble when venturing farther afield

11. Analyst methodically deciphers a foreign culture’s rules and expectations by resorting to a variety of elaborate learning strategies

12. Natural relies on intuition rather than on a systematic learning style

13. Ambassador may not know much about the culture… but convincingly communicates… certainty that he [or she] belongs there

14. Mimic has a high degree of control over… actions and behavior, if not a great deal of insight into the significance of cultural cues he [or she] picks up

15. Chameleon possesses high levels of all three CQ components [cognitive, emotional & physical]... insider skills and outsider’s perspective Super Chameleon • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMT1FLzEn9I

16. CQ Revised • “Cultural intelligence consists of four different factors: knowledge CQ, interpretive CQ, perseverance CQ, and behavioral CQ.”

17. CQ Revised • 1. Knowledge CQ corresponds to cognitive aspect. It measures one’s understanding of cross-cultural issues and differences. • 2 and 3: Perseverance and behavioral CQ correspond in part to emotional aspect. They are the dimensions of cultural intelligence that most explicitly influence how we live out these ideas. • 4. Interpretive CQ: This is how mindful and aware we are when we interact cross-culturally.

18. CQ In Context • CQ is one of many intelligences. • A high degree of CQ does not mean that you will have the same opinion as someone else with a similar degree of CQ. • CQ is one of the many resources you can use to help you make good decisions in complex matters. • CQ can be cultivated.

19. CQ and Personal Relationships • Do you plan to travel? • Do you interact with your neighbors?

20. Defining terms • Refugee: a person outside his or her country of citizenship who has a well-founded fear of persecution due to race, religion, nationality, or membership in a social or political group, and is unable to return safely to that country • Asylum seeker: someone who says he or she is a refugee, but whose claim has not yet been definitively evaluated • Tourist: someone who is visiting another country for a limited amount of time and is expected to return to his or her home country

21. Defining terms • Student/guest worker: a person with temporary permission to work or study in another country • Immigrant: someone who has left the land of his or her birth and moved to another country with the intention of settling there • Legal Permanent Resident: a U.S. resident who was born outside the U.S., has lived in the U.S. for at least one year, and has been granted legal permanent residency, which includes work authorization (AKA a green card holder)

22. Defining terms • Naturalized citizen: someone who was born outside the U.S., but has lived in the U.S. for at least 5 years, applied for citizenship, and has been granted U.S. citizenship with all its benefits

23. How many immigrants are in the U.S.? • About 13.5% of the current U.S. population is foreign-born = about 43.3 million people out 321.4 million, the total U.S. population in 2015. • Immigrants and their U.S.-born children number 27% of the U.S. population, or 84.3 million people.* *Zong, Jie, and Batalova, Jeanne. “Frequently- requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States.” (March 8, 2017) Retrieved March 16, 2017 from www.migrationpolicy.org

24. Where are they from?

25. What about Colorado?

26. What about Colorado? Refugee Resettlement in Colorado FY 2016* *Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services

27. CQ, Self, and Society • Is valuing other cultures important to you? • What image do you want the U.S. to project? How we approach the world has a lot to do with how we feel about ourselves!

28. CQ, Self, and Society “Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

29. CQ, Self, and Society “It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world… Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest. But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand; neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences… It is folly in one nation to look for disinterested favors from another.”

30. CQ and Economic Policy • Do you hold a job? • Do you want to be able to negotiate contracts or make sales with foreign clients or customers?

31. CQ and Economic Policy “Make America Great Again:” • President Trump wants the U.S. to increase its exports to other nations, and to also decrease its imports. • NAFTA renegotiation • Withdrawal from Trans Pacific Partnership

32. CQ and Economic Policy In Colorado, 2015: • 77.7 million visitors • $19.1 billion in expenditures, generating $1.13 billion in state and local taxes • Blevins, Jason, “Colorado breaks tourism record with 77.7 million visitors spending $19.1 billion,” (July 20, 2016) The Denver Post, accessed online March 17, 2017.

33. CQ and Economic Policy *NewAmericanEconomy.org

34. Recent Legal Actions President Obama’s executive orders/plans: • DACA (Deferred Action for Child Arrivals) provides temporary protection from deportation and work authorization, must be renewed every 2 years. • Cubans lost preferential refugee status and are now treated the same as refugees from all other countries.

35. Recent Legal Actions Trump’s executive orders: • Suspend all refugee resettlement for 120 days. • 90-day travel ban on citizens from Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Syria and Libya except legal permanent residents and visa holders. • Hire 5K U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and 10K Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers; deputize state and local law enforcement to act as ICE officers. • Defund law enforcement for sanctuary cities.

36. Recent Legal Actions • Assign 50 judges to current detention centers to get through backlog of asylum applications. • Build more detention centers. • Separate children from parents at the border for detention and removal. • Deport everyone who crosses border with Mexico back to Mexico, regardless of country of origin. • Build a wall on the border with Mexico.

37. CQ and Immigration • Immigration is a complex issue with many facets. • CQ is a factor in evaluating the many facets of immigration, such as how a specific action impacts national sovereignty, foreign policy, economic policy, law enforcement, human rights, etc.

38. CQ and… • What is CQ? “An outsider’s seemingly natural ability to interpret someone’s unfamiliar and ambiguous gestures the way that person’s compatriots would.” • What is empathy? “The ability to understand and sharethe feelings of another.” (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/empathy)

39. Ways to Increase Your CQ • Cognitive /Knowledge • Physical/Behavioral • Emotional/Perseverance • Interpretive