Marichal, a Cuban-American professor of political science at California Lutheran University, joins to talk about recognition, mis-recognition, identity, and some of the deeper themes underneath the Mexican-American dual national's choice about which national soccer team to play for. No hard conclusions drawn, just some new (for me, Belz) ways to think about the issue.
Reading list:
David Ochoa’s path to Mexico:
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/david-ochoa-mexico-national-team-soccer
Araujo QA with the Athletic: https://theathletic.com/2869439/2021/10/05/qa-julian-araujo-on-why-he-chose-to-represent-mexico-instead-of-the-usmnt/
Charles Taylor, “The Politics of Recognition”:
https://www.amherst.edu/system/files/media/1417/Taylor%252C%2520Politics%2520of%2520Recognition.pdf
Nationalism paper:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327129541_Nationalism
The Hispanic Challenge, Samuel Huntington
https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/28/the-hispanic-challenge/
Kwame Anthony Appiah, “Cosmopolitan Patriotism”
http://www.ling.uqam.ca/atonet/soc8245/Appiah.%20Cosmopolitanism%20compatriots.pdf
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