1. 1 MALAYSIA

3.  Creating oneness or unity within a multi-
religious and multi-cultural nation is
challenging.
 Some countries with plural societies have
adopted the concept of full assimilation to
forge or even force a single national identity.
 Malaysia has chosen a different route - that of
unity in diversity and inclusiveness, while
ensuring fairness to all.

7.  The phrase 'Cultural Diversity' means a range
of different societies or peoples with
different origins, religions and traditions all
living and interacting together.
 Thefood we eat, the music we listen to, and
the clothes we wear have all been influenced
by different cultures and ethnics.
 EvenEnglish is based on the languages
spoken by Anglo-Saxons, Scandinavian Vikings
and Norman French invaders, with words
added from the languages of other
immigrants over the years!

9.  A multi-racial society is a society where
we have people of different races, ethnics
living together.
 About 99% of the countries of the world
are multi-racial.
 It is usually very pleasant to live in such
type of societies if people know how to
live together, on the contrary this can
become hellish as well.

10.  A multi-racial society is very rich in culture
heritage, where you get the opportunity to learn
about other cultures.
 A multi-racial society is also a multi-linguist
society so people living in such societies
benefit from the richness of languages.
 A wide variety of traditions, customs and
festivals that are being carried out in such
countries.

11.  The fusion of cultures food becomes national,
people are able to eat a wider variety of food,
learning to prepare them in different ways,
even celebrations of festivals become national.
 A multi-racial society teaches people how to
respect and understand the religion and
cultures of others that leads to tolerance.
 Multi nationality makes the country more
dynamic because there are people who come
from different places and this can help to
develop new ideas about how to make our lives
better.

12.  In
multi-racial societies very often there are
misunderstandings, which lead to conflict.
 Thesemisunderstandings are due to people
using different languages but fortunately for
countries, which have a natural language,
speak more commonly that language.

13.  Fanaticism is another factor, which create conflicts
in a multi-racial society.
 These conflicts and division between people is
further increased by politicians who practice ethnic
politics, only to obtain votes.
 People who vote according to ethnics, shows no
true democratic values which eventually leads to
bad government.
 Fanaticism encourages people in becoming racist
which then leads to intolerance and
misunderstandings. Sometimes some religions fell
that there are not being respected. Communalism
is a soft form of racism.

15.  Respect consists of the acknowledgment that
the person you are interacting with is a
person with feelings, thoughts, and most
likely a life changing issue is at hand- maybe
a death, maybe a divorce, maybe a
birth...etc.
 Respect offers eye to eye contact. Maybe a
smile. Respecting someone is a way to show
that you acknowledge them as a real person.
Acknowledge their presence. Respond kindly
if they talk to you.

16.  Respect is a very important part of life. If a person is
respected, it makes him fell good and in return, he or
she respects you.
 Respect is important because if a person didn’t
respect anyone, he himself would not be admired,
and over time, he would grow up to be a very rude
and inconsiderate person.
 Rudeness and kindness are also two very big
components of respect. If you are rude to people or a
person, you are disrespectful. If you are purposely
mean or nasty to people, you are disrespectful.
 Respecting teachers is a very important part of
education and life. Teachers feel good when they are
respected and tend to be less grumpy and nicer
during the day.

17.  A multi-racial society teaches people how to
respect and understand the religion and
cultures of others. Therefore this leads to
tolerance. It helps us to learn to become a
good human being.
 To be good or bad does not depend on
religion. Each of the great religion of the
world speaks about love, peace and
tolerance.