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Interview: Hamid, Stardom, and the Difference Threshold
November 30, 2013 · by collidoscope berlin · in Citizenship and Identity, Local Stories, Our Stories, Performing Arts, Race and Ethnicity · 3 Comments
It’s November of last year and Kelly and I are visiting relatives of mine in Soest, a small town of under 50,000 in Northwestern Germany. We’re hanging out in the kitchen, chatting over a cup of coffee, when one of my cousin’s friends walks in. He pauses with one arm holding open the door, staring at us like a deer in headlights. Before we have the chance to say Hallo he’s turned and raced up the stairs to my cousin’s room. Teenage boys, we initially chuckled…[Read more!]