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  • theherk@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    I went to Norway. Big recommend. That said, I refuse to call myself an expat or use the term expatriate. I am an immigrant. I think it is weird that white westerners get a special word and everybody else are filthy immigrants.

    • hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de
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      7 hours ago

      To me expat always referred to people that only stay temporarily, mostly sent abroad by the company they work at. As opposed to a migrant that is meaning to stay permanently (and eventually gains citizenship).

      TIL the definition differs regionally (see wiki) and mostly not as I thought it was.

    • Rakonat@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      It’s semantics but the difference between expat and immigrants is an expat intends to return to their home country some day, where an immigrant does not.

      • IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world
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        7 hours ago

        it’s racism

        if a westerner works with plans to return they are called expat, if it’s a non western, they are called migrants labour or foreign workers and are treated like shit.

      • theherk@lemmy.world
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        8 hours ago

        Yes, but connotatively it is just a marker of privilege. Especially here, since what we’re talking about is immigration, not temporary work.