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Searching for a Place to Belong in a Time of Othering

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  • Hyacinth Udah

    (School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University, Logan 4131, Australia)

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Australia is a land of opportunity, where hard work can bring a better life. Most immigrants come to Australia to establish a new life and fulfil hopes and dreams for better life opportunities. Like many immigrants to Australia, I came to establish a new better life for myself and for family. In this paper, I share my challenges of being different, and of being black and the experiences of black Africans in Australia. The paper invites more conversations on finding ways forward to change the system that favours some and disadvantages others. It indicates the need to humanise the Other and make Australia a more inclusive and liveable multicultural environment.

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  • Hyacinth Udah, 2019. "Searching for a Place to Belong in a Time of Othering," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(11), pages 1-16, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:8:y:2019:i:11:p:297-:d:279910
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    1. Virginia Mapedzahama & Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo, 2017. "Blackness as Burden? The Lived Experience of Black Africans in Australia," SAGE Open, , vol. 7(3), pages 21582440177, August.
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    1. Marion Heyeres & Nirukshi Perera & Hyacinth Udah & Akpene Attakey & Mary Whiteside & Komla Tsey, 2021. "Interventions Targeting the Wellbeing of Migrant Youths: A Systematic Review of the Literature," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(3), pages 21582440211, September.

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