#12: Flavours of German patriotism

Hybrid German-Turkish patriotism on display in Berlin-Neukölln during the 2006 World Cup. Photo: Rainer Zenz, CC BY-SA 3.0.

As a German born and raised in the Anglosphere — a third culture kid of sorts — I’ve always considered any form patriotism or nationalism as a backwards worldview that needed to be phased out.

And as someone with a Danish partner, I…