Rather than taking people seriously, tolerance treats people superficially. Although learning moral values in our Chinese culture and other cultures is important, learning about multicultural ethics is indeed pressing for us as part of a multicultural campus. Multiculturalism is one way to manage cultural diversity in a community. It assumes that social unity can be constructed from cultural diversity whenever minorities are secure in their ethnocultural heritage. Unfortunately, realities seem to suggest the opposite.
Ethnic groups tend to fight only for their own interests.
Positive ingroup attitudes often lead to ghettoization. When conflict of interests arises, tolerance becomes the golden rule to stabilize the community. However, tolerance by itself is more a binding force, which prevents things from falling apart, than a cohesive force, which leads to unity. In fact, tolerance can easily turn into ignorance and permissiveness. Therefore, what we really need on a multicultural campus is not tolerance but compassion.