Kim, H orcid.org/0000-0003-1650-8418 (2018) Being “Other” in Berlin: German Koreans, Multiraciality, and Diaspora. Journal of Citizenship and Globalisation Studies, 2 (1). pp. 63-74. ISSN 1838-2126
Abstract
Germany is considered a relatively recent country where multiraciality has become a recognised phenomenon. Yet, Germany still considers itself a monoracial state, one where whiteness is conflated with “Germanness”. Based on interviews with seven people who are multiracial (mostly Korean–German) in Berlin, this article explores how the participants construct their multiracial identities. My findings show that participants strategically locate their identity as diasporic to circumvent racial “othering”. They utilise diasporic resources or the “raw materials” of diasporic consciousness in order to construct their multiracial identities and challenge racism and the expectations of racial and ethnic authenticity. I explored how multiracial experiences offer a different way of thinking about the actual doing and performing of diaspora.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Wasihun Gebreegiziaber Woldesenbet, published by De Gruyter. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. |
Keywords: | Citizenship; Post-Modernism; Environmental Citizenship; Identity; Waste Management |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Media & Communication (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Feb 2019 14:29 |
Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2020 16:45 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | De Gruyter |
Identification Number: | 10.2478/jcgs-2018-0007 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:142601 |