Magicalus@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhy is the word "expat" a thing?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1113arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the word "expat" a thing?Magicalus@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFleppensteyn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·1 month agoWhy Brits and Americans? Every major city has expats. You go abroad for a job, usually temporarily -> expat You give up your citizenship to move to another country -> immigrant
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoMigrant worker is a term
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·1 month agoMigrant worker is the term for expats who aren’t white.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoGod forbid they get confused with the poor coloreds 🤡
minus-squareFleppensteyn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoYou mean all those Poles coming over every year are not white, or migrating for work doesn’t make them migrant workers?
minus-squareRozz@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoHistorically a lot of American and British authors and artists used the term
Why Brits and Americans? Every major city has expats.
You go abroad for a job, usually temporarily -> expat
You give up your citizenship to move to another country -> immigrant
Migrant worker is a term
Migrant worker is the term for expats who aren’t white.
God forbid they get confused with the poor coloreds 🤡
You mean all those Poles coming over every year are not white, or migrating for work doesn’t make them migrant workers?
Historically a lot of American and British authors and artists used the term