The paper concludes with a note of optimism reflecting how immigration to a foreign land might offer alternative means of self expression or self identity through received wisdom. The social spaces of interaction depicted in the novel offer opportunities of constant redefining of oneself. White Teeth attempts to celebrate the outcome of such events 'this has been the century of the great immigrant experiment'. The novel dwells on the contexts in which the colonizer and the colonized have to live together in post-colonial England. She brings to light the concept of 'cultural belonging' by way of re-imagining its practical manifestations.

Smith debunks the notion of identity based on binaries-the Self or the Other-from the very beginning and emphasis on the multiplicity of identity formation.

It highlights how immigration might offer possibilities of remapping and redefining oneself when posited in multi cultural postwar Britain. It focuses on the construction of personal identity within a diaspora and examines the intergenerational dichotomy between the traditionistic view of parents and the Westernised views of their children. As a migrant narrative, the novel provides different perspectives of first and second generation migrant life in Britain. Her novel sets an example of the voice of modern, multicultural Britain, and its literary merit was quickly recognized by the public. Multiculturalism describes the existence, acceptance and promotion of multiple cultural traditions within a single jurisdiction. Zadie Smith's White Teeth offers a panoramatic view of multicultural British society, particularly London.

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