A Multicultural Country

Some countries have official, or de jure policies of multiculturalism aimed at recognizing, celebrating and maintaining the different cultures or cultural identities within that society to promote social cohesion. In this context, multiculturalism advocates a society that extends equitable status to distinct cultural and religious groups, with no one culture predominating.

A multicultural country must respect, support, and be sensitive to different cultures. It is probably very difficult to achieve all these at the level of individual citizens, but at least the government must adopt policies in doing so

A country isn't a multicultural country just because it has a few immigrant children attending some public schools, and other few immigrant legal workers.

In a multicultural country, policies may include:

* recognition of multiple citizenship (the multiple citizenship itself usually results from the nationality laws of another country)
* government support for newspapers, television, and radio in minority languages
* support for minority festivals, holidays, and celebrations
* acceptance of traditional and religious dress in schools, the military, and society in general
* support for music and arts from minority cultures
* programs to encourage minority representation in politics, SET (Science, Engineering and Technology), Mathematics, education, and the work force in general.
* enforcement of different codes of law on members of each ethnic group (e.g. Malaysia enforces Shar'ia law, but only for a particular ethnic group)