Creating communities of belonging and naming the ‘common’

This chapter examines the ways in which communities of belonging and understandings of the ‘common’ are created in postethnic activism. The five central forms of postethnic activism are: (1) antiracist feminism and queer of colour activism, (2) urban activism in marginalised neighbourhoods, (3) Black and African diaspora activism, (4) Muslim activism addressing Islamophobia, and (5) Person of Colour activism. In addition, less common ways of creating communities of belonging were identified. These were usually built on ideas of mixedness, in-betweenness or creolisation. The chapter argues that the strength of postethnic activism lies in its multiple forms of organising, which allows for creating communities of belonging and moving between these.