Abstract
Racism is central to the construction of the ‘others’ of citizenship. This is in no small part because ideas of ‘race’ closely and easily articulate with ideas of ‘nationhood’. While ideas of ‘race’ tell us that each of us belongs to one discrete ‘type’ of people who are inherently unlike those in other groups, ideas of ‘nationhood’ tell us that each of us has a unique place in the world that is ours and ours alone. The ideological practices of racism and nationalism carve the world into separate state territories within which some people are seen to belong while others are not. The immigration and border controls of nation-states enclose us in these enclaves and tell us that our lives will be good, safe and worthwhile if only we can keep ourselves separated from the others.
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Sharma, N. (2015). Racism. In: Anderson, B., Hughes, V. (eds) Citizenship and its Others. Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137435088_11
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