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It’s not really immigration that people like the parent have a problem with. It’s cultural displacement. Presumably their new country is culturally compatible.
by lawnchair_larry 7y ago
It’s not really immigration that people like the parent have a problem with. It’s cultural displacement. Presumably their new country is culturally compatible.
Of course it’s not woke to talk about this, but very few people can practice what they preach when it happens at scale. Most folks that downvoted the parent and cry racism would be fine if a handful of ethnic minorities moved in to their neighborhood. But if they filled the entire neighborhood, and they were the last remaining white American family there, I guarantee they would instantly turn hypocritical and leave 99.9% of the time.
Everyone has a threshold at which they no longer relate to or feel a connection with their community, and many people need that connection. That’s also why immigrants tend to form communities in their new country. It’s possible to feel this way without being racist.
- cmdshiftf4 7y agoKnow your audience, marta_morena and lawnchair_larry. HN is predominantly American tech workers, from which we can deduce: - Those who hold citizenship and can vote are statistically very left-leaning - Many of them are new migrants themselves, with ~75% of those in the SF tech industry being 1st generation H1B holders - Most either fled the dominant culture in their home country, or being born in the US haven't been exposed to a historically dominant culture and identity The capacity for understanding and empathizing with what many in Europe are now experiencing is therefore low to non-existent, or may indeed be met with a level of resentment.