{"id":8238,"date":"2012-08-11T11:13:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T03:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomwire.com\/?p=8238"},"modified":"2026-03-12T17:09:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:09:00","slug":"expat-or-immigrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/expat-or-immigrant\/","title":{"rendered":"Expat or Immigrant?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5571,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/reason.com\\\/archives\\\/2007\\\/12\\\/26\\\/the-myth-of-the-migrant&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190307230555\\\/http:\\\/\\\/reason.com:80\\\/archives\\\/2007\\\/12\\\/26\\\/the-myth-of-the-migrant&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 04:41:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-09 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In Hong Kong, if you come from America or Europe to work your rights of residency are vastly different than those of a\u00a0Filipino\u00a0domestic helper (which in itself seems like a polite way of saying\u00a0<em>slave<\/em>\u00a0to me). As a British national after 7 years of working in Hong Kong, I can expect to gain permanent\u00a0residency\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2012\/jun\/22\/filipino-maid-hong-kong-court\">not so for Filipinos<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise,\u00a0I&#8217;ve come to feel that the word &#8216;expat&#8217; has equally unsavoury undertones, verging on being racist since by definition it places oneself in an outdated colonial\u00a0hierarchy\u00a0above the local population.\u00a0In other words, the expat label implies that &#8220;<em>I&#8217;ve been sent here to show you savages how to do things properly but will soon\u00a0return to the civilised motherland<\/em>&#8220;. 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