One year on from marriage equality referendum and 'home has finally become home'
National identity is defined simply as “one’s sense of belonging to one state or nation”, but it means very different things to different people. In its most potent incarnations, it packs all the gravity of an atomic bomb. National identity is embedded so deeply in some psyches that it can fuel rebellion, war, and even genocide.
In its more dilute forms, national identity is a phantom — intersecting our daily lives but never leaving much of an impression. In privileged countries, we never have to defend ourselves against racial attack, and what we don’t have to fight for, we have the luxury of ignoring.
