ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the views of lobby groups and governmental or semi-governmental organizations working in the 'race relations' field concerning the three main issues of interest: racism, nationalism or national identity, and citizenship. The order of appearance was different during the actual interviewing as the interviews began with the issue of national identity/nationalism, followed by the issue of racism and then by the issue of citizenship. The official line in Germany - supported by two of the interviewees - shows a limited understanding of racializing processes at the state level, as well as within civil society. In the context of other professions, it is admitted by the same interviewee that, although ethnic minorities might be rather successful in sports, it is less so in business and academic life. The way in which 'Britishness' or 'Germanness' is interpreted, thus, appeared in the interviews partly as a matter related to political alliance.
