Migration erodes boundaries between languages, cultures, and nation-states

Evidence

Migration - along with other globalizing forces such as the informationtechnology revolution and electronic media - is a major factor in the erosion of traditional boundaries between languages, cultures, ethnic groups, and nation-states. Encounters between ethnic groups are often the result of migration, so that understanding migration is a crucial aspect of racial and ethnic studies. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3805

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Mises treated nations as malleable populations to be rearranged by migration — Quinn Slobodian, Globalists: The End of Empire and the…, 362; A language stays rich only through risking contact with other cultures — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 578; National roots are monolingual while errantry still speaks indirectly through detour — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 131 (+1 more)