Politics 2.0: Reflections on a contested border

I grew up in Belfast, in a place where borders or “peace lines” were not only contours on a map. They were perceived in schools, workplaces, and picked up on in social conversations that implied which “side” you were on. Even now, stereotypes still subtly shapes how people think, what they assume, what they don’t say.

Recently reignited debates about a u…