“…While this is a symptomatic example of Scandinavian silencing of racial injustice, it also shows how some children are perceived as more ‘desirable’, ‘welcomed’ and more in need of protection than their racially minoritized peers. Similarly, studies have suggested how ideas of belonging to the child or student category operate through intersecting processes of gender (Gilliam, 2018; Kofoed, 2008; Lagermann, 2014; Staunæs, 2004), religion (Khawaja, 2010; Buchardt, 2014) and race (Smedegaard Nielsen, 2021; Smedegaard Nielsen & Myong, 2019; Vertelytė, 2019) that work against minoritized children.…”