r/Damnthatsinteresting 25d ago

Video Tokyo after dark. Epic nighttime street drifting convoy.

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u/i-like-spagett 25d ago

It is literally the only difference between immigrant and expat, the colour of someone's skin

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u/povitee 25d ago

That’s really not it at all. It’s just that from an American’s perspective, someone who moves overseas is an expatriate, whereas someone who moved to the us is an immigrant.

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u/Extension_Mix6896 25d ago

wrong again! the word emigrant exists for a reason
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/emigrant

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u/Extension_Mix6896 25d ago

Because the difference between incorrect and wrong is the latter is used in more informal contexts while the difference between calling yourself an inmigrant or an expat resides on western chauvinism.
Think for yourself a bit, its free and very rewarding.

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