<p>This article examines how racialized youth activists in Italy and Germany position themselves as political actors capable of redefining the meaning of political belonging. Their practices not only reshape their own modes of participation but also compel broader society to reconsider what political belonging and social cohesion entail. At the core of their activism lies an implicit, and at times explicit, question: What does it mean to constitute a political community in a post-migrant Europe? As the illusion of a national cultural and ethnic homogenization fades, the issue of how to re-construct the social cohesion necessary for collective life becomes increasingly urgent. Drawing on a four-year ethnographic study, this article explores how the normative foundations of political belonging in the context of racialized youth activism illuminate emerging forms of collective identity and political agency. Through an analysis of the material, ideological, and emotional dimensions of the activists’ sense of belonging, the article demonstrates how activists’ situated knowledge and embodied practices function as critical interventions in dominant narratives of social cohesion, offering a nuanced account that resists reductive interpretations of their political engagement.</p>