Reflections on Measuring Discrimination: The case of outdoor recreation

摘要: Much discussion in this journal is concerned with diverse societies, and the many forms of claiming, contesting, accommodating, negotiating coping heterogeneity communal life (Bolt & van Kempen 2011; Smith Guarnizo 2014). Some these consider how spaces environments facilitate or deter inter-ethnic contact, effects that contact on individuals’ behaviour well-being (e.g., most recently, Heringa et al. While studies focus residential areas, contacts can also take place natural greenspace, namely through outdoor recreation. Participation recreation greenspace may therefore be contingent emergent negotiations social belonging identification, myriad possibilities for inclusive diversity exclusion make up commons. In Europe, research immigrants’ ethnic groups’ leisure has mainly focused participation as influenced by cultural background socio-economic position (Jay 2012; Kloek 2013a). Yet, like other sites ‘everyday multiculturalism’ (Wise Velayutham 2009), – lack zones encounter others negative encounters, perceived discrimination. Attention to discrimination only recently been taken relation recreation, especially US (e.g. Livengood Stodolska 2004), but not much Europe. Recently, members our team executed one first quantitative recreational patterns immigrant non-immigrant groups Europe specifically, Netherlands participation, behaviour, Particular attention was paid experience during potential constrain practices. The questionnaire sample targeted Dutch from Chinese, Turkish backgrounds. We hypothesised Dutch-Turkish (officially referred ‘Turkish migrants’ Netherlands) would report perceptions more than either groups, public discourse largely focuses Moroccan, is, predominantly Muslim communities (see Dagevos 2007). Muslims Moroccan are both often framed a threat