Toward Harmonious Urban Communities from the Inside Out: Validating a Multicultural Awareness Scale

Intercultural conflict is stipulated due to unwillingness to compromise or the different ways of life orientation. Unawareness to the different cultural cues or frame of references caused resistance, rejection or separation which jeopardizes a harmonious interethnic relationship. The present study was aim to validate a scale to determine the extent multicultural awareness among multiethnic society of Malaysia. A key finding indicated that, the instrument is valid and reliable. Multicultural awareness is important in order to reduce an ethnocentrism in building a harmonious interracial interactions and integration. The implication toward the effectiveness of intercultural relations are highlighted and discussed.