Migration and Lived Experiences of Racism: The Case of High-Skilled Migrants in Wrocław, Poland

• Jaskulowski, Krzysztof ^[2] ; Pawlak, Marek ^[1]
  1. [1] Jagiellonian University

     Jagiellonian University

     Kraków, Polonia

     
  2. [2] SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
• Localización: International migration review, ISSN 0197-9183, Vol. 54, Nº. 2, 2020, págs. 447-470
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article examines migrants? lived experiences with racism in Wroc?aw, Poland. Drawing on qualitative research conducted among high-skilled migrants, it analyzes various ways migrants encounter, understand, and cope with racism. Our case study broadens discussion about migration and racism by analyzing an Eastern European, post-socialist, predominantly ?white? receiving society seldom researched in terms of racism. The article problematizes the assumption that high-skilled migrants experience only minor problems with incorporation. Furthermore, it suggests the importance of racial boundaries in a non-Western society that lacks a colonial background and long-standing relations with migrants. Therefore, our article contributes to a better understanding of how local settings inform the experiences of high-skilled migrants, which are often lost in abstract concepts of global flows and spaces.