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@sun @flisk

> definitely some people will read into "immigrant" if you just put that in your
> profile and hold it against you if they find out you're (I assume) white and
> relatively affluent/unoppressed. I don't think they should, but they will.

This. Very briefly: At this point, don't even try to play the game, don't try to adopt the vocabulary, don't attempt to traverse the intersectionality maze. It's hegemonic discourse.

For bio purposes, "Born and raised in Germany, now living in France" or something similar will steer clear of any of those issue. You can throw in as much or as little additional detail in there as you like, too (like, for example, "podunk Germany" and "suburban France", or whatever reflects your situation).

@flisk @sun

>> i don't know what that bit about hegemonic discourse is supposed to mean.
> i specifically chose "immigrant" because [...]

It all depends on what you're going to post about and who is going to read it of course, but, again very briefly: You're trying to make some sort of statement by intentionally choosing an ambiguous, somewhat loaded trigger word and you're bound to find out in an unpleasant way that there are cliques of people who have assumed (or are trying to assume) discursive power of that sort of vocabulary and these people are not pleasant to interact with and not beneath bullying tactics.

You might or might not encounter them, but you're definitely running the risk, if you step onto their turf.