ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how the young adults position themselves in relation to post-racial imaginaries. In particular the author pays attention to the extent to which the young people find appeal in the liberal notions of tolerance and 'forward thinking' that epitomise the brand of neoliberal cities like Manchester and weave these into a narrative to construct for themselves a sense of a generation. The chapter also considers the broader context in which this sits, namely the culturalist and integrationist frameworks that underpin so much of the discourse on how we live with difference. The author suggests that crude and often staged forms of mixing, or over-emphases on commonality can overshadow convivial multiculture, when integrationist logics dominate.
