ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the importance of attending to the receiving location for transnational migration, often the city and the changing demographic and social structure of Belfast. It interrogates anti-racist discourses, which have been produced by "grassroots" groups in areas of the city strongly associated with territorialized sectarianism while the transnational movement of people to Belfast has contributed to the growth of anti-racism at government and civil society levels. The chapter explores how migrants in Belfast receive and position themselves in terms of anti-racist discourses. Anti-racist practice in Belfast is structured by the social and cultural context of the city, most notably sectarian division. The chapter argues that migrants still have the power to disrupt pre-existing power structures by choosing not to engage with partisan anti-racist discourses. It also argues that migrants in Belfast have elected to avoid anti-racist practices for reflecting the limits of anti-racist efforts and their failure to engage fully with migrants' real concerns.
