This is the pre-print version of the paper: Sebastiani, Luca; Martín-Godoy, Paula (2020) “Elective affinities between racism and immigrant integration policies: a dialogue between two studies carried out across the European Union and Spain”. Identities. Globals Studies in Culture and Power. https://doi.org/10.1080/1070289X.2020.1831780 We invite you to read the published version: 100 freely online copies ara available at the following URLs: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WYYCBJPXJVBC8XXSXTJ9/full?target=10.1080/1070289X.2020.1831780 https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/6YKPBEJA7YIIKMIJMZWM/full?target=10.1080/1070289X.2020.1831780 The elective affinities between racism and immigrant integration. A dialogue between two research studies carried out in the European Union and Spain. Authors: Luca Sebastiani Centre for Social Studies (CES), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3097-1548 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luca-sebastiani-69730a68/ Corresponding author. Email: lucasebastiani@ces.uc.pt Paula Martín Godoy Migration Institute, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7541-8864 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paula-martin-godoy-5847487b/ The elective affinities between racism and immigrant integration. A dialogue between two research studies carried out in the European Union and Spain. Abstract In this paper, we problematise the relationship between racism and immigrant integration policies. First, we approach racism from its institutional, governmental and trans-scalar functioning logic. Then, drawing on the fieldwork materials of our respective investigations