some of the barriers to empathy and how to develop empathy

Some of the barriers to empathy are:

a. focus on continuous self-
b. stereotypical views about race and culture
c. lack of knowledge of the group, class or a particular person
d. behavior alienate people to provide information
e. action or utterance that seems to judge others
f.  uninterested attitude that can lead to people not willing to reveal themselves
g. superior attitude
h. attitude which indicates certainty

There are several ways to develop empathy

a. assuming differences
b. know yourself
c. blur the boundaries themselves and their environment
d. the imaginative put themselves in place of others
e. do empathy itself
f.  rebuild self-concept

8. look for similarities between different cultures

(source: dwikartikawati.blogspot.com)