Living multiracialism must go beyond token multiculturalism. This entails the willingness of people to invite those from other races home for a meal, or allow children or grandchildren to play with kids of other races. Reassuringly, Singapore has begun that journey. About 70 per cent of respondents in the survey found outright discrimination unacceptable, such as not hiring someone because of race or religion, or insulting others because of race. That they viewed such acts as racist and not normal shows that Singaporeans do not pretend that divisive ethnicity does not exist in their midst.