In this response to Pittu Laungani's conversation with William West, published in the August, 2004, issue of "British Journal of Guidance and Counselling," this paper describes how that interview stimulated this author to further thought on the very complex issues raised in contemporary society in relation to "multicultural and race" relations; the practice of everyday communication and relations between minority and majority group members; and the delivery of culturally sensitive, anti-discriminatory therapeutic practices.