1. Intercultural relationships: Think about all your friends, and make a list of those to whom you feel close. Identify any friends on the list who are from other cultures. Then answer the following questions, and discuss your answers with other class members.

a. Do people generally have more friends from their own culture or from other cultures? Why?

b. What are some of the benefits of forming intercultural friendships?

c. In what ways are intercultural friendships different from or similar to friendships with people from the same culture?

d. What are some reasons people might have for not forming intercultural friendships?