Too many Americans think “immigrant” is just a synonym for “not white”.
luridness@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Do the Americans not realise that… like every single one of them going back 4-5 generations are immigrants? Very few native Americans are out there because of immigration.
HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
elbarto777@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Which is stupid because their ancestors aren’t from this land. And millions of “not-whites” were forced to come here! Not that they will ever understand that.
merc@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
When those immigrants were coming to the US, they were not considered “white”. Sometimes the discrimination was because of skin colour, sometimes it was religion. But, they weren’t considered to have the morals and work ethic of the English-descended protestants that dominated the USA.
elbarto777@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m not even talking about “immigrants.” I’m talking about invaders.
LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
They are white supremacists. What is happening is exactly what they want to happen.
rayyy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
native Americans
Even they are being snatched off streets and “detained”.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
They’re arresting and detaining the actual native Americans too. Because they really want a Christo-fascist white state, not a native one.
That’s why they want to import the racists from South Africa.
shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Was a thousand years of the dark ages not quite enough?
brown567@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Not to mention that ICE is frequently abducting Native Americans because they’re brown
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Most Americans realize this, but our government doesn’t give a shit what we think right now. Trump and the GOP are not representing us.
Look at Greenland. 75% of Americans oppose what Trump is doing with that topic. That’s disgustingly low, too… But still, he does it anyway.
This isn’t new. Most Americans have no agency. We’re just a few notches above slave labor at this phase. All we can do is vote, but the wealthy are influencing those votes all over the country with money and propaganda.
For every sane person speaking out, there’s two to three others that have given up on everything. They’ll just watch the news and do what it says.
MrSmith@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Do the Americans not realise that…
No.
stelelor@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
This is the 21st century version of Manifest Destiny. Their immigrant status doesn’t matter because they’re white and therefore superior.
MissJinx@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s not about imigration. Only brown and black are “imigrants”.
…although even white women are being killed now
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
100%, my family only came to this god awful country to escape the Holocaust before it began. I find it absolutely absurd that now we have decided to shut our border. Even crazier is they keep saying they want legal immigration yet they make it impossible to do so.
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Just as most Americans who have moved to other countries refuse to call themselves immigrants, and default to calling themselves “expats”, most don’t seem to get that, no.
Successful_Try543@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Isn’t an expat somebody who is sent abroad for work by his employee?
dhork@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
An expat is anyone who lives outside of their native country while intending to return, while an immigrant is someone who moves to another country permanently.
One reason why you rarely hear about American “immigrants” to other countries is that it is absurdly hard to relinquish US citizenship. So even if an American were to gain citizenship elsewhere, they still owe US income tax, and are reminded of their status every April.
merc@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
They still have to file income taxes. But, most places have higher taxes than the USA. Most places also have reciprocal tax agreements with the US. There’s also a deduction of something like $100k, so the first $100k (or local equivalent) you earn in another country isn’t taxed. As a result, unless you’re making high six figures, you don’t actually owe any American taxes.
OTOH, just filing US taxes is a real pain in the ass. In the US it’s made very slightly easier by your employer, bank, etc. all supplying you with the tax forms you need. If you’re overseas, you need to figure out the info you’d need to supply on that form yourself.
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Sure, but that only seems to apply to Americans, and in some parts Brits.
kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It is less of a US thing, and more of a class thing. Expats are temporary work assignments overseas usually for high paying leadership positions.
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
White = Expat
Anything else = Immigrant
It’s really that simple