Switzerland is often portrayed as a neutral and "raceless" society - but in reality, racism in Switzerland was simply invisible after 1945. Racial knowledge defined who was deemed assimilable and who was excluded, while the Swiss state ignored and eliminated racism from contemporary awareness and history, writes Nicolas Blumenthal 👇

https://migrantknowledge.hypotheses.org/33179

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Challenging “Racelessness:” Debates and Restrictions on Immigration in Postwar Switzerland 

Discusses deportation practices in Switzerland since World War II

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A World of Connections: Unravelling the Story of the Chinese Diaspora - Vibes Mgzn

Explore the Chinese diaspora! Discover why Chinese people live worldwide, their rich culture, traditions, & impact. Food, stories & facts inside!

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Founded by Roman invaders in the first century, the former British imperial capital of London was an international migrant hub from its inception: The first truly global city.

Panikos Panayi offers a brief history of multicultural London:

https://migrer.hypotheses.org/1168

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A Brief History of Multicultural London

Panikos Panayi While migration may have become key to understanding the modern world, the former British imperial capital of London, the first truly global city, has a unique history of interacting with people from beyond its shores. Its development into the largest city in the world by the early nineteenth century, a position it would … „A Brief History of Multicultural London“ weiterlesen

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The United States shares with Mexico the world’s most traversed political border.

On the ➡ HCIAS Blog, David Chapman discusses the border's early history, exploring how the current political border and the border regime - along with associated concepts like ‘illegal’ immigration and mass deportation - came to be 👇

https://hciasblog.hypotheses.org/2547

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📷 Judy Baca and the Social and Public Art Resource Center

Inventing the Mexican Other at the U.S.-Mexico Border

The United States is commonly described as a ‘nation of immigrants’ and while this may be true— the country has...

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