You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
RE: The Difference Between an Expat & an Immigrant
Yes. Skin colour has a lot to do with the difference between these two words.It is defined that way since the time unknown. But the thing is the world has changed a lot and hopefully the difference is now continuously shrinking.
Nah it has never been about skin colour. People have added that on their own but the reality is it's about economic status of one individual in their temporary working residency. It just so happens that, for the most part, non-whites make up the majority of non-wealthy individuals (though whites are certainly not exempt from poverty, even in England or the US), and so stereotypes perpetuate this false idea that immigrant = dark skin. Time to get rid of that idea, imo!