In Regina Lee’s work “Theorizing Diasporas: Three Types of
Consciousness,” she explores the models of diaspora that affect one’s identity
and consciousness. Diasporic experiences are fluid and unique to each person,
therefore the exploration of consciousness will never be fixed. She discusses
three different frameworks of diaspora that can help contextualize this process
which include homeland idealism, multiculturalism, and transitional identity politics.
These concepts all relate to the perception of diaspora yet they each offer a
different perspective. This just goes to show how challenging diaspora can be for
diasporic groups. There is no one way that diaspora is formed, and the nuances
complicate the process of movement. Lee highlights the role of globalization in
this entire process. It leads me to wonder, how does globalization make the development
of diasporic identity easier? How does it make identity development more complicated?
This photo represents multiculturalism which I personally
feel is a prominent type of consciousness in countries like America.
Works Cited:
https://musliminstitute.org/freethinking/muslim-institute/multiculturalism-age-brexit-and-trump
Lee, Regina. (2004). Theorizing Diaspora: Three Types of Consciousness. Hong Kong University Press.
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