Checking Intercultural Awareness Select one or two intercultural awareness sentences from each paragraph within Text A. Two samples are presented. For instance, Para 1. Without a culture we cannot see, but with a culture we are forever blind. Para 6. Preconceived ideas that cloud your ability to see and understand a person as he or she wants to be seen and understood. Para 2. Para 3. Para 4. Para 7. Para 8. Para 9.