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Racist Rants, ‘Authentic Emotions’ and Fake News

August 20, 2020 · Kathrin Schödel ·

Racist sentiments are often classified as the ‘real’ feelings of ‘the people’, a daring protest against a superficial veneer of political correctness, as authentic voices of the silent majority. The anti-racist in contrast is typically construed as unwilling to understand these deep feelings. But is this so?

Tagged With: hate speech, integration, migration, racism

Maltese Identity? It Is Complicated!

May 20, 2019 · The IotL Magazine ·

We have collected a few stories and perspectives which contemplate on how national identity is constructed and what effect it has on our lives.

Tagged With: discrimination, foreigners, integration, national identity

Snapshots from Marsa: a Community at the Border

May 4, 2019 · William Grech ·

Discussion about integration in Marsa must necessarily begin by understanding the social context and take into account the existing boundaries and divisions among the Marsa residents themselves.

Tagged With: integration, migrants, migration, refugees

How Growing Up in Malta and England Changed My Understanding of Identity

March 30, 2019 · David Edward Zammit ·

Upon returning to Malta after a year in Oxford as a five-year-old, I had to face the challenges of integration all over again; made worse by the fact that I had completely forgotten Maltese and my parents were living in Sliema.

Tagged With: integration, national identity

Go Back to Your … Gozo?

January 24, 2019 · Raisa Galea ·

Why must an individual sound or look Maltese in order to stand up for the good of our society? Not only does bigotry discourage sound debate between individuals of different nationality, it also backfires in the most unexpected way.

Tagged With: activism, foreigners, integration, nationalism

How I Have Become a Local in Malta on local foreigners and foreign locals

November 26, 2017 · Raisa Galea ·

To integrate was to recognise diversity and complexity of Maltese society.

Tagged With: discrimination, foreigners, integration, locals, Malta, Maltese identity, nationality, stereotypes

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