Re:Back to India
by wozniacki on Saturday April 09, 2022 @04:54AM
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Even by the rich-poor distinction what do you call the plentiful White retirees of seedy S.E Asian places like Pattaya, Thailand & Dumaguete, Philippines? Some call them sexpats but that's a different can of worms entirely.
They're by no means as rich as some of the Chinese visitors to those destinations.
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Why are white people expats when the rest of us are immigrants?
Surely any person going to work outside their country is an expatriate? But no, the word exclusively applies to white people
When is an immigrant not an immigrant? When they’re rich.
The British diaspora in the Gulf and Brunei are seen as useful – it’s only poor immigrants who are seen as a problem
They're by no means as rich as some of the Chinese visitors to those destinations.
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Why are white people expats when the rest of us are immigrants? Surely any person going to work outside their country is an expatriate? But no, the word exclusively applies to white people
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals...
When is an immigrant not an immigrant? When they’re rich. The British diaspora in the Gulf and Brunei are seen as useful – it’s only poor immigrants who are seen as a problem
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/10/immigr...