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minus-squareChloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoif that’s the case, why are white rich british people retiring in the french countryside called expats, but not temporary foreign workers?
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoIsn’t “retiring” in conflict with “worker”?
minus-squareChloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agooh, the people retiring and the workers aren’t the same people! i’m sorry for the confusion, my wording wasn’t clear… 😅
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI see now, that was my mistake! Thank you!
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 months agoTechnically that’s what I’ve heard it means. But yes we all know that it’s white people that use the term because they don’t want to call themselves immigrants.
if that’s the case, why are white rich british people retiring in the french countryside called expats, but not temporary foreign workers?
Isn’t “retiring” in conflict with “worker”?
oh, the people retiring and the workers aren’t the same people! i’m sorry for the confusion, my wording wasn’t clear… 😅
I see now, that was my mistake! Thank you!
Technically that’s what I’ve heard it means. But yes we all know that it’s white people that use the term because they don’t want to call themselves immigrants.