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minus-squareZkhqrD5o@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months ago“Expat” is my favourite dog whistle. Because “migrant” is only used for brown people, or other undesirable minorities for racists.
minus-squareSerpent@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI hate the word for the reasons you’ve said, but I know a lot of black Americans in Portugal that refer to themselves as expats. Feels to me that the line is drawn along economic privilege lines rather than simply race.
“Expat” is my favourite dog whistle. Because “migrant” is only used for brown people, or other undesirable minorities for racists.
I hate the word for the reasons you’ve said, but I know a lot of black Americans in Portugal that refer to themselves as expats.
Feels to me that the line is drawn along economic privilege lines rather than simply race.