Multiculturalism in Zadie Smith's White Teeth (Analytical Study)

<p>This research discusses multiculturalism in Zadie Smith's White Teeth, as<br>multiculturalism is so evident in portraying the characters and events. Zadi Smith is<br>known for treating race, religion, and cultural identity. Zadie Smith is one of the<br>British novelists who discusses the theme of multiculturalism in most of her novels<br>as she experiences it in her life as her father is British and her mother is Jamaican.<br>She experienced life in a multicultural society as she was affected by her mother's<br>culture, plus the British culture in which she lived. In this research, we will discuss<br>multiculturalism's meaning and how it generally affects literature. Then, it analyzes<br>Zadie Smith's novel White Teeth, discussing two aspects of multiculturalism:<br>searching for identity and racism. Everybody in a multicultural society is searching<br>for an identity. This search for identity differs among generations. The paper presents<br>how characters from different origins suffer from racism in such a society that should<br>accept diversity and difference.</p>