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Navigating whiteness from the margins: Finnish, Somali, and Arabic speakers’ experiences of racialization, (in)visibility, and (im)mobility in Gothenburg, Sweden 从边缘引导白人:瑞典哥德堡的芬兰人、索马里人和阿拉伯人的种族化、可见性和流动性的经历

Multilingua Pub Date : 2023-12-02 DOI: 10.1515/multi-2023-0075

Maria Löfdahl, Johan Järlehed, Daniel Wojahn, Tommaso M. Milani, Tove Rosendal, Helle Lykke Nielsen

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