This article is based on ethnographic fieldwork in an Italian reception centre for male ‘unaccompanied minors’. Drawing on the concepts of ‘hostipitality’ (Derrida), the Black Mediterranean, and ‘intimate citizenship’ (Plummer), we examine the political ambivalence of hospitality for young African men as they transition to adulthood and how this is experienced through the intersections of age, gender and race. The biographical transition to adulthood thus offers a unique empirical opportunity to examine the extent of hospitality, as the (uninvited) Black child guest crosses the threshold into being an unwanted, potentially deportable, ‘invader’. Drawing from the young men’s images (art and photographs) and narratives, we discuss their experiences of differential anti-Blackness during their migration journeys and how hegemonic notions of masculinity circumscribe the quest for legal citizenship and the meaning of adulthood. While capitulation to gender normativity bolsters claims to citizenship, racism is a continuing and profound threat to ontological security.

本文基于意大利接待中心针对男性“无人陪伴的未成年人”的人种志田野调查。借助“敌对性”（德里达），“黑色地中海”和“亲密公民身份”（Plummer）的概念，我们研究了非洲青年在过渡到成年后的政治矛盾性，以及如何通过各种交往来体会这种情况。年龄，性别和种族。因此，随着（不请自来的）黑人儿童客人越过门槛成为不受欢迎的，可能被驱逐的“入侵者”，从个人经历到成年的过渡为检查招待的程度提供了独特的经验机会。从这些年轻人的图像（艺术品和照片）和叙事中汲取灵感，我们讨论了他们在迁移过程中对反黑人的区别对待经验，以及男性主义的霸权主义观念如何限制了对合法公民身份的追求以及成年的意义。对性别规范的投降虽然增强了对公民身份的要求，但种族主义仍然是对本体论安全的持续而深远的威胁。