Countertransference may be stimulated if the patient and analyst belong to different racial or social groups one of which is a minority group. The personal 'training' analysis provides the major safeguard against hazards of countertransference. Yet often the unconscious foundations and mechanisms of prejudice have not been worked through in the analyst's own analysis. Dr. Bernard discusses the attitudes a white analyst might have toward a Negro patient and urges that in the analysis of a member of a minority group the analyst seek greater knowledge of the patient's racial and cultural environment. More 'transcultural analyses' and a greater cultural diversity among analysts in training can help us pay closer attention in the 'training' analysis to cultural differences in personality.