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Dear Mario,
First of all you have created an oxymoron with
"emigrated temporarily". I've always liked the word
oxymoron, largely because of the latter part of the
word, which so aptly describes so many things we write
:))
One does not emigrate temporarily. One either
emigrates or is a guest-worker. Now, since I am
probably the only known spouse of guest-worker on this
forum, I am assuming that dig was meant for me. So let
me explain to you, how the world has changed in the
last 10 years, or as Friedman puts it "become flat".
Today's guest-workers, have to assimilate into
societies far quicker that immigrant populations that
have been there for decades. The reason is, the guest
worker moves constantly. He maybe posted in the US for
a year and in the UK for the next five years and in
Nepal for 6 months. He is expected to work in foreign
companies with foreign nationals, learn the culture of
each organisation, make acquaintances and friends, and
be a fully functional member of this environment in a
relatively short period of time.
To a global contract worker, one airport seems pretty
much the same as the next and when you strip away the
veneer of cosmetic differences, one human being the
same as another. In a way, their identity and
assimilation is seamless and yet, without a culture to
call their own, they will lose the core of their
being.
Selma
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Mario wrote:
However, if they have emigrated temporarily then
maintaining their "Goaness" not only makes sense,
but not to do so would be ridiculous. Their Canadian
and American neighbors would know and respect those
feelings, and treat them like the guests they are and
not like pseudo-Canadians or Americans. There would
be no expectation of being "accepted" in this case and
far less angst all around.
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