• ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    “Expat” is my favourite dog whistle. Because “migrant” is only used for brown people, or other undesirable minorities for racists.

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      6 months ago

      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.