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question of culture, race and identity, against a backdrop of globalization and. Diaspora, among students in a toronto high school: difference within are flattened out and made secondary to difference between. cultural pluralism and the belief that if one knows the culture of. Others, then it will be possible to tolerate them, accommodate them, join them, or simply stay away from them. positive peer culture group with a designated teacher for the purpose of exploring personal and social concerns. portraits indicates that these ethnographic snapshots are only meant to capture a moment, a particular pose, and their likeness. overview: diaspora space mingling of diverse backgrounds, of native and diasporan. multiple subject positions and identity claims are proclaimed and disavowed, and where what it means to be belong and/or other are contested. making identities is strategic and adventurous and where the unity of chance and necessity comes into play: claiming identity became a passion.