Do you identify with your country of origin/ citizenship or with another subregion? Why?
Do you identify with your country of origin/ citizenship or with another subregion? Why?
Personally I feel more connected to the Vancouver BC/ Seattle/ Portland corridor than with the rest of the US, so I feel more comfortable saying I'm a Cascadian than an American.
You're viewing a single thread.
-
I was born in PRC, immigrated to the US. I'm a current US Citizen derived from my mother's naturalization. I identify as an American... because I grew up here, and lived longer than I ever did in China. Most of my memories are in the US.
...but this administration really want to make me get stuck in an airport, because um... checks news... yeah, not sure if my Citizenship is gonna last long under this pseudo-fascist regime.
PRC automatically revoked my citizenship already, so no going back. Job market in China is horrible, 1.4 Billion(?) People competing for jobs... hard for even find a job... and there aren't many parks like the US have, there aren't as many trees, at least in Guangzhou, felt like some urban hell.
So um... if fascists revoke my citizenship... I'm gonna become a documentary/movie like that other story of the person that waa stuck in an airport, y'all 'bouta see me on a wikipedia page! 🙃
I really like the concept of "Citizen of Earth", but nobody in the world share that idea so...
I guess I'm stuck with being "American" for the time being... Or maybe Philadelphian? I mean... I've lived here like a decade so...
🤷♂️
(I don't even know what's the point of these identifiers...)
-
That movie is Terminal, with Tom Hanks.
I hope you don't because stateless. I hear it's usually much less pleasant than just airport shenanigans.
... Come to think of it, turning (parts of) airports into housing for people who have lost citizenship would be hella punk. Can we do that?
-
Hey fellow Philadelphian! I'm originally from New Jersey but have lived in and around Philly since the late '90s.
I like the Citizen of Earth concept too. We're all human and borders are just lines on a map!
-