Becoming interculturally competent requires that you approach and initiate communication with persons from your culture that differ in some way. Microcultural groups represent those groups of persons who are very much a part of the dominant culture but differ in some way (e.g., they lack power). Rather than seeing those differences as an obstacle to communication, see them as a medium to expand your knowledge and appreciate, rather than avoid, cultural differences. This does not mean you must accept and follow all of the practices that differ from yours but that you respect, understand, and appreciate them.