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blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

There are two plausible explanations:

People think immigrant refers to a person who chose to move. Since Superman didn’t arrive on Earth by choice, he’s not an immigrant. This is, of course, incorrect.
People think the term immigrant only refers to people who look “different” compared to what is common in the region. This is, of course, racist.

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FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
If they’re okay with immigrants who didn’t come by choice, then all the children who were brought to America illegally by their parents should be allowed to stay and everyone born in America should be allowed to stay citizens.

As for Suoerman not looking like an immigrant, it is actually a big coincidence in-universe that he happens to look like a white human. There’s no Europe on Krypton.

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- Revan343@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  As for Superman not looking like an immigrant, it is actually a big coincidence in-universe that he happens to look like a white human. There’s no Europe on Krypton.
  
  Now I want an alternate-universe Superman who happens to be black, and lands in racist-as-hell-ville in the rural USA.
  
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Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
he would be a refugee.

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- Wolf@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Refugees are a type of immigrant though.
  
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