Diaspora identity cannot be thought through literal homeland metaphors.

Evidence

A people cannot live without hope. But there is a problem when we take our metaphors too literally. Questions of cultural identity in diasporas cannot be “thought” in this way. They have proved so troubling and perplexing for Caribbean people precisely because, with us, identity is irredeemably a historical question. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 829

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the theorization of diasporic identity that Muslim-minority identity debates in the Islamophobia field also draw on (dual loyalties, transnational identity).