Nowadays everywhere in the world has multicultural societies, in which there is a mixture of different ethnic people. What are the advantages and disadvantages?

At present, it is evident that a mixture of different ethnicities can be found in all parts of the world which eventually leads to

societies

with diverse cultures. Clearly,

people

can live harmoniously and discover many new things in

such

an environment,

nevertheless

, there are a number of drawbacks that can be noted owing to

this

phenomenon.

One

clear advantage of multicultural

societies

is that

people

can live harmoniously together. In the past, there were many incidents which have been highlighted in history books where

people

hated each other because of their ethnicity or race. At that time, they were so many fights leading to casualties and death.

For example

, in Malaysia,

one

of the darkest episodes in Malaysian history was the 13th of May 1969 when the three main races, Malay, Chinese and Indian

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fought

due to

political division leading to disastrous effects on the country.

Nevertheless

, after the Incident, the government put a lot of effort to ensure that all these races lived together and connected to

one

another.

Hence

, today, Malaysia is

one

of the countries in the world that symbolizes unity as all three races are connected to

one

another.

Secondly

, the existence of multiple

societies

has

also

led to mixed marriages.

In other words

, most families these days accept any of their family members to get married to anyone whose ethnicity is completely different from theirs. Because of

this

,

people

have started to accept

one

another and appreciate each other's culture with an open heart.

Nevertheless

, there are a number of disadvantages that can be noted.

One

obvious problem with

such

existence is that

people

can get confused easily. When many ethnicities

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in the same place together, the younger generation will lose their identity because they will start to follow each other's lifestyle and customs. Sometimes, a dominant culture in a place will be practised widely,

whereas

the least practised

one

will extinct.

For instance

, an Indian who lives in Saudi Arabia might start adapting to the Arabic culture, and they will be excellent at the Arabic language in both written and verbal form, but they might not be excellent at their mother tongue

due to

the environment that they are in. Another possible issue of

this

is that

people

will lose their unique features. When mixed marriages are prevalent, the physical features of some ethnicities will disappear.

This

will clearly be a downside especially if

this

will be practised for many years to come.

To sum up

,

while

there are some advantages of multicultural

societies

, they can

also

lead to identity confusion and the disappearance of features.