Caffe NekoNov 11, 2022

Dear Twitter ex-pats. When we all flounced out of Twitter loudly proclaiming we were going to Mastodon this sent a message to trolls, nazis that they could set up servers & come here.

If anyone gets harrassed with hatespeech pls note that that is not the culture of Mastodon. Please report & block those users. If you notice a pattern from the same weird domain, block that domain, write a post of the server name w/ a hashtag fediblock so your server admin can follow up & block it for everyone.

Show threadDaniël Franke 🏳️‍🌈Nov 11, 2022
@caffeneko Just a small heads up, many people consider calling oneself an expat a red flag, in any context.
Show threadFilip
@ainmosni @caffeneko Sounds like they are in the wrong there.
Nov 11, 2022 at 4:22pmWeb
Show threadDaniël Franke 🏳️‍🌈Nov 11, 2022

@kaptenadhoc @caffeneko

Here's my case against using that word.

https://berlin.social/@ainmosni/109312603984477278

Daniël Franke 🏳️‍🌈 (@[email protected])

Content warning: Case against using the word expat, discrimination

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Show threadFilipNov 11, 2022
@ainmosni @caffeneko as much as i like sticking it to racists, I'm still not sold
Show threadDaniël Franke 🏳️‍🌈Nov 11, 2022
@kaptenadhoc @caffeneko What convinced me was how different people responded to the word immigrant in comparison to expat back in Amsterdam. Immigrant made certain people whine and bitch, while expats were fine. When I moved to Berlin, I made a point to not call myself an expat, and I've caught a few people surprised that a white person could be an immigrant.
Show threadCaffe NekoNov 11, 2022
@ainmosni @kaptenadhoc in American when white ppl use the term immigrant or refugee it smacks of wanting to claim sympathy for something that is a larger economic, physical trial than just leaving a tech platform. But again these are all opinions, nothing writ in stone. I understand that white folks moving to another country often call themselves ex-pat and that it conveys a different 'class' than 'migrant' which must seem elitist.
Show threadCaffe NekoNov 11, 2022
@ainmosni @kaptenadhoc so I perhaps used the term ex-pat unconsciously in a tongue in cheek sense, b/c I feel uncomfortable using the term migrant to equate what we are, it seems dishonest. So many ways to look at these things.
Show threadDaniël Franke 🏳️‍🌈Nov 12, 2022
@caffeneko @kaptenadhoc From a tech perspective, migrant would be the correct term, but tech people also don't have a great history of using unproblematic terms.
Show threadDaniël Franke 🏳️‍🌈Nov 12, 2022

@caffeneko @kaptenadhoc Interestingly, this can be a good example of how Europe is more class conscious, while the US is more race conscious.

I never heard anybody (outside of bigots) complain that I call myself an immigrant over here.

Show threadwhetstoneJul 4, 2023

@caffeneko @ainmosni @kaptenadhoc

what about émigré(e)?

1. not appropriative of any modern immigrant group
2. old world glamour