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Zadie Smith’s White Teeth (2000) features characters from a variety of ethnicities, races and classes living in modern Britain who have emigrated primarily from former colonial countries. Smith demonstrates how these individuals mediate their identities according to tradition and the present, and highlights the cultural and racial hybridity of white Britons and other immigrants in an increasingly diverse world. This study uses Smith’s work as a backdrop to examine how first-generation immigrants are influenced by colonial history in post-colonial Britain, and reiterates that younger generations are a cultural and racial hybridity that transcend culture, class, and gender boundaries. Furthermore, this study reflects on the ideal existence for citizens of colonial descent in the everyday reality of a multi-cultural British society.