Egregoros

i have a question. anyone is welcome to answer, though i'd especially appreciate POVs from immigrants with a visibly different ethnicity from the majority of their country of residence.

i moved from germany to france. no one here can tell i'm from germany until i open my mouth and speak somewhat broken french. should i call myself an immigrant on this platform? i feel like that term implies things about me that aren't necessarily true, but at the same time i do not want to call myself an "expat" because i don't want to put myself above anyone else who came to this country.

i am asking for opinions here, not dictionary definitions.

@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).