»As an immigrant child I have hated to answer the question "where are you from?" In the same way I hated it when my dad asked me who I liked more, my mum or him. The answer to this supposedly…

»This chapter raised a lot of interesting questions around 'diversity' 'acceptance of a pluralistic and diverse society' and 'citizenship' and 'recognition'.. I am still trying to make of all t…

»I feel it is important to distinguish between one's citizenship and one's identity as these are different concepts. I prefer to see citizenship as a legal status that has rights as well as obl…

»Having grown up in Germany as a 2nd generation Turkish migrant, I have experienced what Said coined as 'othering', finding myself in very awkward conversations where I was asked to position my…