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  1. Switzerland is often portrayed as a neutral and "raceless" society - but in reality, racism in Switzerland was simply invisible after 1945. Racial knowledge defined who was deemed assimilable and who was excluded, while the Swiss state ignored and eliminated racism from contemporary awareness and history, writes Nicolas Blumenthal 👇

    migrantknowledge.hypotheses.or

    #MigrantKnowledge #GHIWashington #HistoryOfMigration #Migration #Switzerland #hypoverse

  2. Founded by Roman invaders in the first century, the former British imperial capital of London was an international migrant hub from its inception: The first truly global city.

    Panikos Panayi offers a brief history of multicultural London:

    migrer.hypotheses.org/1168

    #hypoverse #MigrationErinnern #London #HistoryofMigration

  3. The United States shares with Mexico the world’s most traversed political border.

    On the ➡ HCIAS Blog, David Chapman discusses the border's early history, exploring how the current political border and the border regime - along with associated concepts like ‘illegal’ immigration and mass deportation - came to be 👇

    hciasblog.hypotheses.org/2547

    #hypoverse #HCIASBlog #USBorder #Mexico #Immigration #HistoryofMigration

    📷 Judy Baca and the Social and Public Art Resource Center