In my setting of Malaysia, we are plurilingual and working with our mix of cultures has centuries of background. The challenge is to always nurture understanding at a time when some deal with complexity and faster transitions by retreating into simplistic "us and them" thinking. DNA analysis makes it clear that we are all multicultural and mixed if we would only open up to this reality. In my area of TESOL we face English language native speakerism; my commitment to multiculturalism means that I hire bilingual or multilingual speakers and not monolingual speakers from metropolitan countries. We should be creating inclusive learning spaces, not building barriers.
