Christer Mattsson is an associate professor at the Segerstedt Institute at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.Thomas Johansson is Professor of Pedagogy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His recent publications include Youth Studies in Transition. Culture, Generation and New Learning Processes (2019); Marginalized Masculinities. Contexts, Continuities and Change (2017); and Fatherhood in Transition. Masculinity, Identity and Everyday Life (2017).Jesper Andreasson is a professor in Sport Science at Linnaeus University, Sweden. His recent publications include Fatherhood in Transition. Masculinity, Identity and Everyday Life (2017), co-authored with Thomas Johansson.

• 1. Introduction 2. The social and symbolical heritage of the community 3. Life at the countryside 4. Teacher’s images of students and their home environments 5. Everyday harassments and pedagogical strategies 6. Non-white students in a sea of whiteness 7. The return of the repressed – the doxa 8. The presence of conspiracy theories and the notion of the deep state 9. Democracy and the fostering of democratic values in school 10. Conclusions and discussion

Christer Mattsson is an associate professor at the Segerstedt Institute at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.Thomas Johansson is Professor of Pedagogy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His recent publications include Youth Studies in Transition. Culture, Generation and New Learning Processes (2019); Marginalized Masculinities. Contexts, Continuities and Change (2017); and Fatherhood in Transition. Masculinity, Identity and Everyday Life (2017).Jesper Andreasson is a professor in Sport Science at Linnaeus University, Sweden. His recent publications include Fatherhood in Transition. Masculinity, Identity and Everyday Life (2017), co-authored with Thomas Johansson.

• 1. Introduction 2. The social and symbolical heritage of the community 3. Life at the countryside 4. Teacher’s images of students and their home environments 5. Everyday harassments and pedagogical strategies 6. Non-white students in a sea of whiteness 7. The return of the repressed – the doxa 8. The presence of conspiracy theories and the notion of the deep state 9. Democracy and the fostering of democratic values in school 10. Conclusions and discussion

Christer Mattsson is an associate professor at the Segerstedt Institute at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.Thomas Johansson is Professor of Pedagogy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His recent publications include Youth Studies in Transition. Culture, Generation and New Learning Processes (2019); Marginalized Masculinities. Contexts, Continuities and Change (2017); and Fatherhood in Transition. Masculinity, Identity and Everyday Life (2017).Jesper Andreasson is a professor in Sport Science at Linnaeus University, Sweden. His recent publications include Fatherhood in Transition. Masculinity, Identity and Everyday Life (2017), co-authored with Thomas Johansson.

• 1. Introduction 2. The social and symbolical heritage of the community 3. Life at the countryside 4. Teacher’s images of students and their home environments 5. Everyday harassments and pedagogical strategies 6. Non-white students in a sea of whiteness 7. The return of the repressed – the doxa 8. The presence of conspiracy theories and the notion of the deep state 9. Democracy and the fostering of democratic values in school 10. Conclusions and discussion