Borders generate new hierarchies of belonging shaped by immigration control
Evidence
Especially important to Back and Sinha’s broader research is the question of immigration control. They show that borders produce ‘new hierarchies of belonging’ (Back & Sinha, 2018), in ‘the brutal migration milieu in which we are located’ (Hall, 2017, p. 1564), arguing that accounts of racism and multiculture need to better factor in the violent force of immigration control. — Luke de Noronha, The conviviality of the overpoliced,…, 31
Categorization
- DEFINE: Introduces the loaded phrase ‘new hierarchies of belonging’ as a concept for how borders stratify belonging.
- corroborated: 4 independent passages support this claim — Luke de Noronha, The conviviality of the overpoliced,…, 31
- XREF: connects to: Analyzing conviviality requires theorising racialized urban exclusion alongside national border control. — Luke de Noronha, The conviviality of the overpoliced,…, 12; Shifting borders can convert internal migrants into foreigners overnight; Multiple border crossings make subjectivity a continuous construction for racialized people — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2488 (+4 more)
Related
- Analyzing conviviality requires theorising racialized urban exclusion alongside national border control. (similarity 0.82)
- Recent migration politics center on who belongs as citizens. (similarity 0.80)
- Borders function as the enabling condition for mixed-race and interstitial identities (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Borders are the conditions of possibility for interstitial identities like mixed race formations
#corroborates(0.85) - Shifting borders can convert internal migrants into foreigners overnight
#exemplifies(0.82) - Recent migration politics center on who belongs as citizens.
#corroborates(0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, The Racial State, 141 - Immigration traps newcomers who can neither belong nor return home
#corroborates(0.78) - Multiple border crossings make subjectivity a continuous construction for racialized people
#corroborates(0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2488