Why Does This Word Make People So Angry? | Expat vs. Immigrant

Words matter. After moving to Shkodër, Albania last year, Wendy and I have been called travelers, migrants, nomads, expats, and immigrants. Depending on who you ask, our choice of label apparently says everything about us, including what kind of people we are. In this video, we take a closer look at the difference between the terms expat and immigrant, why we currently describe ourselves as expatriates, and why the debate has become so emotionally charged online. This isn't just a discussion about definitions. It's also a conversation about assumptions, identity, language, moving abroad, and the tendency to judge people before fully understanding their circumstances. Whether you're considering living abroad, becoming a digital nomad, retiring overseas, immigrating to another country, or simply curious about the expat vs immigrant debate, we hope you'll find something useful here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 🎥 - Watch next - After 1 Year in Albania, We Have to Leave    • After 1 Year in Albania, We Have to Leave   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Social Media Facebook -   / sdwithkw   Instagram -   / sdkwinsta   Website - https://www.sdwithkw.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Support the Channel It takes a lot of time and effort to make these videos. If you’d like to help us be able to continue making them, here are some ways you can support the channel: 1. SUBSCRIBE, LIKE AND SHARE WITH FRIENDS 👍 This is the simplest way to help the channel grow. 2. BUY US A VIRTUAL BEER 🍺 Similar to a tip jar, this is a way to donate to the channel in $5 increments. You can also sign up to contribute monthly. https://buymeacoffee.com/sdkw 3. BOOK A CONSULTATION 🖥️ Need some specific, customized advice on your move abroad? Sign up for a live, face-to-face Consultation or Structured Q&A with us via Zoom. https://www.sdwithkw.com/consultations 4. ENROLL IN OUR ONLINE COURSE 🎓 Pack Up & Bounce - 20 Steps to Anywhere But Here contains more than 2.5 hours of video lessons and is based on our personal experience of moving abroad. Learn more here: https://www.sdwithkw.com/pack-up-boun... 5. BUY SOME SDKW MERCH 🧢☕️👕 Check out our online store for hats, mugs, visors and t-shirts. https://www.sdwithkw.com/merch 6. BUY KEVIN’S PHOTOS 📷 Visit Kevin’s online gallery: https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Equipment Cameras: Canon EOS 90D, iPhone 13 (Kevin), iPhone 14 (Wendy), Insta360 One RS, DJI Osmo Action 6 Tripods: Manfrotto 290 Light, Siri Phantom - T154 Microphones: Rode Wireless Go 2 Storage: Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD - 4 TB (Home) Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD - 2 TB (Road) Software used: Davinci Resolve (Free Version) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #Expat #Immigrant #LivingAbroad #MovingAbroad #DigitalNomad #ExpatLife #Immigration #TravelLifestyle #Albania #SecretDestinations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The famous Immigrants in the collage are: Albert Einstein - Germany 🇩🇪 Elizabeth Blackwell - United Kingdom 🇬🇧 Enrico Fermi - Italy 🇮🇹 Bob Hope - United Kingdom 🇬🇧 Charles Pfizer - Germany 🇩🇪 Olivia de Havilland - Japan (British parents) 🇯🇵 Mary Harris “Mother” Jones - Ireland 🇮🇪 John Jacob Astor - Germany 🇩🇪 Igor Sikorsky - Russia 🇷🇺 Nikola Tesla - Croatia 🇭🇷 Marlene Dietrich - Germany 🇩🇪 Alexander Hamilton - Nevis 🇰🇳 Irving Berlin - Russia 🇷🇺 Andrew Carnegie - United Kingdom 🇬🇧 Anna Sutherland Bissell - Canada 🇨🇦 Alexander Graham Bell - United Kingdom 🇬🇧 Frederick Weyerhaeuser - Germany 🇩🇪 Chien-Shiung Wu - China 🇨🇳 Albert Sabin - Poland 🇵🇱 Hedy Lamarr - Austria 🇦🇹 Joseph Pulitzer - Austria 🇦🇹 Eleuthère Irénée du Pont -  France 🇫🇷 Thomas Paine - United Kingdom 🇬🇧