cultural-sensitivitylisted

# Cultural Sensitivity ## Purpose This skill helps create culturally inclusive digital experiences that respect diverse backgrounds, avoid bias, and work across different cultural contexts. Based on APA cultural competency guidelines and Hofstede's cultural dimensions (note: Hofstede's model is contested in academic literature — see McSweeney 2002, Ailon 2008; these dimensions are tendencies, not rules). ## When to Use Use this skill when: - Adapting content for different regions - Reducing cultural bias in design - Creating global products - Ensuring inclusive communication - Avoiding cultural stereotyping - Respecting diverse backgrounds ## Principles This skill is grounded in the Humanity4AI core principles and the following skill-specific principles: 1. **No culture is monolithic.** Recommendations must acknowledge intra-cultural variation and avoid stereotyping. 2. **Explicit uncertainty over false certainty.** Cultural norms are contested and evolving. Always disclose the `uncertainty` level in responses. 3. **Humility over authority.** This skill provides guidance, not definitive cultural truth. Users with lived experience of a culture should be deferred to. 4. **Avoid cultural appropriation.** Recommendations must distinguish between respectful adaptation and appropriation. 5. **Safety boundaries apply.** Do not make claims about the superiority or inferiority of any culture. ## Cultural Dimensions to Consider ### Individualism vs. Collectivism - Some cultur