Caroline ✨
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Caroline ✨ :
DISCLAIMER: I am very clearly NOT Lebanese 😂 but I know this is a reality for many POC expats! Not me tho. 👻
2025-08-20 14:56:01
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jazz :
yepp same for English saying they're "emigrating" rather than "immigrating" as if immigrant is a dirty word only applicable to POC
2025-08-20 21:12:27
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kro_1875 🇪🇺 :
Expat is not an immigrant
2025-08-21 13:59:48
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On tour :
Expats are expatriated workers on a temporary contract overseas
2025-08-20 21:30:35
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Sm1 :
The funniest thing I have been hearing recently is ‘we leaving the country because there are too many immigrants in UK’ Oh the irony 🤣😂🤦🏽♀️
2025-08-21 07:26:52
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Evestion :
I had a South African white dude complaining to me about immigrants one time. heavy accent, had only been here a few years. the guy didn't seem to hear the irony
2025-08-21 08:54:02
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jorgezafis :
greek expat here living in the uk . if i get this right i think expats plan on going back and are overseas for work only and not settling in
2025-08-21 07:02:44
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GenXKiwi66 :
Immigrant vs. Expat: Both mean a person living outside their home country. The difference is in perception. When a white Westerner moves abroad, they’re called an expat. When a Black, Brown, or non-Western person moves abroad, they’re called an immigrant. The terms are racialised. It’s the same act - leaving your country to live somewhere else - but one word is treated as classy, temporary, professional, while the other is seen as poor, permanent, or a burden. That’s not about language, that’s about racism.
2025-08-23 04:24:27
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Ben 🏳️🌈 :
Had this exact chat with someone. “I am actually an Expat” … it’s exactly the same!
2025-08-20 15:05:08
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Lexbian :
1 second in I was already ready to go off on the word expat. 😅
2025-08-21 07:16:42
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m_1_0_1 :
This infuriates me! Anyone who moves anywhere is an immigrant in that country.
2025-08-21 09:37:39
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glennleigh500 :
It’s funnier if you put the “expats” in Spain 🤣 they honestly do not get it!
2025-08-20 20:02:47
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Jack for PM :
• “Expat” is usually applied to wealthy, mostly white professionals from the Global North (Americans, Brits, Europeans, Australians) when they move abroad for work or lifestyle reasons. They’re seen as cosmopolitan, adventurous, or skilled specialists. • “Immigrant” (or worse, “migrant”) is typically applied to working-class people from the Global South—especially people of color—who move for survival, low-wage jobs, or refuge. They’re framed as outsiders, burdens, or even threats.
2025-08-21 16:47:25
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Institute1390 :
Yeap too right Caroline. This can play out in other countries as well...Dubai etc!
2025-08-20 17:46:35
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Chicken addict ‘ :
Thank you for speaking up about this topic. I have so much respect for you everyone can be immigrants no matter their ethnicity or nationality or background etc
2025-08-21 13:09:35
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Dexter Conder 🇨🇦 :
😂 Took the thoughts out of my mind. It took me to long to learn what an expat was.
2025-08-20 23:34:56
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rageel :
Expat?
2025-08-21 15:50:41
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Dave :
I have had people try to get me to agree that immigrants are ruining our country. My family is not from this country.
2025-08-21 01:01:12
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Leo 🇬🇧 • Solo Traveller ✈️ :
This is true 😅 but can same be said for those who are biracial when immigrating from their dad’s ancestors country to their mum’s ancestors country. there should be a term for us maybe ( reconnecting with our mothers / dads ) homeland 😁
2025-08-21 11:10:56
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Danielle :
100%!
2025-08-20 15:08:37
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CharlieinCornwall :
THIS!
2025-08-21 07:52:33
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Usman Butt :
beautiful
2025-08-20 18:46:35
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bolebolebolebolo :
I love how snowflakes in the comment somehow forgot the difference between colloquial meaning and legal meanings.
2025-09-02 05:42:00
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