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GUILT & REDEMPTION
What I admired the most about Germany was its courage to own its past — it was willing to look at history as it was , rather than trying...
CONCEPT OF BECOMING
When I moved to Germany in 2015, I couldn't help but wonder had my family immigrated to Germany instead of America when I was 13, if I would
A FOREIGN NAME
A neighbor of mine, Adaku, born to a German mother and a Nigerian father in Dusseldorf, was purposely given a Nigerian name, along with her
RETURN TO ASSIMILATION
Citing the failure of 'multiculturalism' — how encouraging immigrants to celebrate and express their heritage only led to the society ‘sleep
EVERYBODY IS THE CENTER
When I described Germany as monocultural, a German friend of mine corrected me: ‘Germany is multicultural, not monocultural. We have...
GROUP RIGHTS OR CIVIL RIGHTS?
I came across an Asian-German association in Berlin who shared a feeling of marginalization growing up as Asians in Germany and felt like...
THE VALUES QUESTION
‘Now that you are in our country, you should adopt our values,’ seem to be the sentiment among European societies who fear that the...
THE MECHANISM OF INTEGRATION
How does anyone come to develop a sense of belonging and emotional identification with a society? In tracing my own experience of...