Well written, worth reading. Resonates with me in any number of ways (even though I'm privileged that it doesn't match my own situation).https://twitter.com/EricaJoy/status/794638241236299776 …
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It is, after all, presumably only because my ancestors had exit strategies from the pogroms that I exist.
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own the word 'immigrant', yo. 'expat' means 'immigrant, but from us or western europe' => coded whiteness
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it's messier, I think: expat vs. immigrant is also a perspective. (US expat); (Canada immigrant). French has émigré.
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as you like. as a us person who left in 2002 it took me a while to realize immigrant == me, actually
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I was born here in Canada, so "immigrant" feels incorrect (2nd gen, I guess). But I'm a US citizen, thus a US expat.
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*nod*. apologies for jumping on you!
@davidascher -
what a canadian thread. so sorry if I'm stereotyping ;-)
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I think about this daily.
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