Disadvantaged, but morally superior: ethnic boundary making strategies of second-generation male Turkish immigrant youth in Germany

In this study of minority groups, destigmatization strategies are revealed when it comes to ethnic stratification, socio-economic segregation and the possible courses of second-generation immigrants' adaptation. Although Germany - with its restrictive citizenship policies, exclusionary public d...

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Published in:Identities (Yverdon, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2018-11, Vol.25 (6), p.705-723
Main Author: Çelik, Çetin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment
Boundaries
Case studies
Citizenship
Destigmatization
Discourses
Disengagement
Ethics
Ethnic boundaries
Ethnic groups
Ethnic relations
Ethnicity
Germany
Immigrants
Immigration
Inferiority
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority groups
normative inversion
Scripts
Second generation
Segregation
Socioeconomic factors
Stratification
transvaluation
Turkish second-generation immigrants
Youth
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Summary:In this study of minority groups, destigmatization strategies are revealed when it comes to ethnic stratification, socio-economic segregation and the possible courses of second-generation immigrants' adaptation. Although Germany - with its restrictive citizenship policies, exclusionary public discourses and socio-economic segregation - is characterized by robust ethnic boundaries, the destigmatization strategies of its minorities have been ignored so far. Using a case study of Turkish second-generation immigrant youth in Germany, this article aims to fill this gap in the literature. My findings illustrate that this group of youth mainly assert the moral inferiority of the dominant group through normative inversion, while a few of them appropriate equalizing strategies such as universalizing and contingent detachment. I argue that the reason for different destigmatization strategies can be explained by different degrees of exposure to ethnic boundaries, due to biographical scripts and individual resources. My findings empirically substantiate Lamont's and Wimmer's theoretical arguments within the understudied German context.
ISSN:1070-289X
1547-3384
DOI:10.1080/1070289X.2017.1305218