I'm always surprised that people see multilayered identities as something that you have to divide into first and second or prioritise among them. In a smaller

I'm always surprised that people see multilayered identities as something that you have to divide into first and second or prioritise among them. In a smaller context: Being German and NRW'ler and in the Ruhr area are not a hierarchy. I don't have to choose between them. Similar to European: Although I'm not well-off, it's just part of the pudding. In Computer terms: Identities seem for me less that a directory hierarchy, more like labels or tags.