top | item 20666978 (no title) i4t | 6 years ago Except for a very small minority, aren't you all immigrants in the US? Or is there a rule for when immigrants can label themselves 'natives'? discuss order hn newest hollerith|6 years ago American here. The way we use the word "immigrant" is that if you were born here and grew up here, you are not considered an immigrant. pjc50|6 years ago Unless you're not white, in which case you're called an "anchor baby" or "second-generation immigrant". pmontra|6 years ago This is how Europeans (and maybe not only us) commonly think about Americans, all immigrants from Europe first, from the rest of the world next. However probably it's not how they think about themselves. I'd like to hear from them.
hollerith|6 years ago American here. The way we use the word "immigrant" is that if you were born here and grew up here, you are not considered an immigrant. pjc50|6 years ago Unless you're not white, in which case you're called an "anchor baby" or "second-generation immigrant".
pjc50|6 years ago Unless you're not white, in which case you're called an "anchor baby" or "second-generation immigrant".
pmontra|6 years ago This is how Europeans (and maybe not only us) commonly think about Americans, all immigrants from Europe first, from the rest of the world next. However probably it's not how they think about themselves. I'd like to hear from them.
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