Multiracialism is a certain mind set of social acceptance that promotes communication, goodwill, tolerance and respect between people of different races. This in practice should also allow the races to maintain their cultural independence while ensuring a high level of exchange and understanding.
Multiracialism has its critics though, many stating that it to be 'multiracial conditioning', or striking a false sense of coherence by inducing strict measures to promote/ensure multiracialism. All of these claims were sharply shot down by politicians and multiracial activists around the world.
In a country with various races, multiracialism could also be used as a tool to promote a unique national identity. It is often confused with other forms of cultural of ethnic diversity, including multiculturalism and the 'Melting Pot' theory; these will be discussed in later chapters and compared with the ideology of multiracialism.
To many, multiracialism is an important policy that promotes a peaceful and coherent society. Sadly, its effectiveness is relatively unproven as compared with the forms of cultural and ethnic diversity mentioned above. This is because to this day multiracialism has only been highly associated with one success story-Singapore. (Discussed in The 'Now')