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“We don’t do that in Germany!” A critical race theory examination of Turkish heritage young adults’ school experiences

“…Additionally, future research could focus on the intersectional nature of discrimination, delving further into identities based on ethnicity, religion, and culture in combination with gender, physical ability, or sexual orientation. Though the current study was retrospective, numerous recent studies have highlighted both interpersonal and institutional discrimination among ethnic minority students in Germany (El, 2013;Hasse and Schmidt, 2012;Nieden and Karakayali, 2016), indicating that such inequity is far from being a problem of the past.…”

“…In popular discourse, the term bildungsfern , or academically distant, describes families and the children of parents without higher degrees, and is often used as a synonym for individuals of Turkish or Arab heritage. This racialized usage normatizes the idea that children from these (highly diverse) groups are set apart from families interested in education, simply based on heritage (Nieden and Karakayali, 2016). Recent research has linked the stereotype-laden popular use of this term and its application by educators as grounds for sending children to lower-track schools (Emmerich and Hormel, 2013).…”

Diversity and Discrimination in the Classroom

“…Despite this, up to the 1990's classrooms were often partially segregated along native versus immigrant lines. A major citizenship reform introducing birthright citizenship in 2000 coincided with a renewed push to integrate classrooms (Nieden and Karakayali, 2016).…”

“…In a high profile case in Berlin in 2012, German parents lobbied for and were successful at creating classrooms which were highly segregated. Immigrant parents filed a complaint with the Berlin Senate arguing this was a discriminatory practice and the Senate ruled in their favor, requiring students to be reassigned in a non-segregated fashion (Nieden and Karakayali, 2016). Today, all…”