No human being is free from culture. We are the product of the many different cultures around us. Our values, our worldview and our experiences are structured by the society and culture that influence our lives every day. It is therefore important to be a multicultural person by first forming a positive cultural identity. Manning and Baruth (2009, p. 24) define culture as “the values, languages, religions, ideals, artistic expressions, patterns of social and interpersonal relationships, and ways of perceiving, behaving, and thinking people.” However, in this article, cultural identity is also related to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, social class, and everything that defines the self. Therefore, to have a positive cultural identity (PCI), one must be able to identify with and integrate identities that generate a healthy, well-constructed self-perception and sense of well-being. ICP is also said to be rooted in a person's self-concept, as culture affects how a person thinks, understands, and perceives themselves. “I’m a psychology student, my mother’s daughter, and I’m gay.” The phrase used to describe me illustrates how culture shapes the structure of the self-concept with the use of more social self-descriptions indicating an interdependent self, typical of collectivist cultures (Franzoi, 2009). In addition to shaping one's self-concept, it is important for forming a positive cultural identity because ICP regulates our beliefs about how personal development should take place (Greenfield, 1994; cited in Franzoi, 2009). By having ICP, one is able to determine how one should act in a society that emphasizes either individualism or collectivism. For example, Malaysian culture is one of the high context societies where family and interrelationships...... middle of paper ......tice, 2(3), 1-12. Retrieved from: http://www.gjcpp.org/Irving, MA and Hudley, C. (2008). Oppositional identity and academic achievement among African American men. In J. Ogbu (Ed.), Minority status, oppositional culture and schooling, pp. 374-394. New York: Routledge. Manning, L.M. and Barruth, LG (2009). Multicultural education of children and adolescents (5th edition). Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Nigergall, A. J. (2010). Promoting a positive identity in children in a school program. United States: University of Kansas Santrock, J.W. (2010). Adolescence, thirteenth edition. NY: McGraw Hill. Schultz, D.P. & Schultz, S.E. (2009). Theories of Personality, Ninth Edition. United States: Wadsworth Cengage Learning. Tong, V.M., Huang, C.W., & Mclyntyre, T. (2006). Promoting a positive intercultural identity: reaching immigrant students. Recovering children and young people, 14(4), 203-208.