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i left my home country and generally stayed away from most expat groups primarily to get away from the people i was being identified with and pretty much avoid
by em-bee 2y ago
i left my home country and generally stayed away from most expat groups primarily to get away from the people i was being identified with and pretty much avoid all the things you mention.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y agoI haven't thought about this in a long time, but as we were leaving Guyana, I remember my paternal grandfather warning me to stay away from the Guyanese in America: "they will just try to pull you down to their level."
- kagolaub 2y agoI've heard similar sentiments, but I've always felt like there's something pernicious about this attitude, similar to self-internalized racism. "Down to their level" == the same "disadvantaged" state of affairs that we come from.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y agoWhat I said was basically the rollup. There was more detail to his comment that I didn't think necessary to elaborate on.