[en] In racialised discourses, there is a gap between a constructed we and a constructed Other, which is continuously maintained through processes of Othering. Our contribution discusses how othered subjects within this power relation challenge the gap through mimicry (Homi Bhabha). To this end, we trace historical (dis)continuities of racialised discourses and draw on two empirical studies to show the extent to which religiously and linguistically othered subjects gain agency in these discourses. Through the entanglement of subjectivation and Othering via mimicry, we ask how discursive subject positions can be fragilized and how, over time, cracks can be created in the discourses.
