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Ah, I see. I think I understand the concerns as well, although I'm nonetheless flummoxed by purposefully exclusionary behavior (wherever it occurs) - likewise by lack of curiosity about people with other experiences. I get it intellectually. But I can't *understand* it.

I agree on migration being tricky and taxing. When once one is from multiple communities, one also as if one no longer fits 100 percent into any of them. Also, flexibility can be an advantage, but burden of code-switching is always on code-switcher.

Your point about diversity easing the burden rings true. I hadn't put to myself in quite this way, but it occurs to me that I tend to feel a bit fish-out-of-water in very homogenous communities. However, communities that have mixture of people -- and smaller groups where a shared interest brings people together -- are more comfortable. I like being able to disappear into a mosaic. Truth me known, I also like hang out around community edges, because the other migrants know what's up.[/quote]
DP. What's interesting is that the feelings you are expressing as a class migrant are similar to those that an immigrant (or a first generation American like myself) feels. My parents are a bit unusual in that they held a similar class status in their home country (well, mom was more analogous to an E3 and dad is solidly G2 professionals with high local community standing but okay income/wealth). I've struggled less than other first generation Americans of my ethnicity to fit into the G2/E3 world I typically move around in. But perhaps because of my parents status in their home country, I've spent more time there, and I definitely relate to not having an identity in either country. Here people want to xxx-American me; there they just call me an American.[/quote]

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