tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post5330535344626978549..comments2023-09-23T11:16:00.352+02:00Comments on The Franco-American Flophouse has moved: Cosmopolitans, Global Citizens, and InternationalsVictoria FERAUGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-74711917842603377032013-12-04T08:01:36.892+01:002013-12-04T08:01:36.892+01:00Good point, Tim. "Immigrant" seems to b...Good point, Tim. "Immigrant" seems to be reserved for the illegal or economic migrants.<br /><br />And I would agree that migrants from the devloped world are under much less pressure to integrate than those from developing countries. Somethign that is grossly unfair. And the context is so different depending on the country. A Mexican migrant here in France, from what I have seen, is accepted whereas someone from North Africa is less accepted. From what I have seen in the US, the reverse is true and people from Morocco are treated much better than the migrants from Mexico.Victoria FERAUGEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-8610632014230682012013-12-04T04:43:43.278+01:002013-12-04T04:43:43.278+01:00Giving this some more thought I think I have have ...<br />Giving this some more thought I think I have have come up with a perfect example of a global citizen(plural), that of husband and wife Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen. First Bundchen is technically an immigrant to the United States but I have never heard her described as such. Second from my observation at least she has never truly integrated fully into American society. She still seems in many ways to be Brazilian as much as she is American however, this does not at all seem to effect how she is perceived. She is just "Giselle." More interestingly her husband is one of the most successful if not the most successful player in the most all American of sports "American" Football. However, her "foreign" cultural influence seems rub off more on Brady than the other way around. Unlike Michael Jordan endorsing auto parts and other cheesy endorsement deals given by other sports figures Tom Brady's endorsement deals all very high end "foreign" and fashionable such as Ugg Boots for Men from Australia. There is huge three story billboard along one of the highways leading from Boston of Brady wearing UGG boots.<br /><br />None of this seems to hurt Brady or Bundchen in the public eye in Boston. By some definitions Bundchen is probably the most famous resident of Boston globally and her presence gives Boston some semblance of being in the same echelon of cities as New York and Paris. Among Boston sport fans Brady is very well liked. Giselle has done her part on a few occasions such as throwing out the opening pitch for the Red Sox a few times. <br />Now outside of Boston given the nature of sports most Football fans have to acknowledge Brady is one of the better players in the sport and his team is one of the best(In sports their is a clear winner and loser and Brady is usually the winner). However, anyone how follows American Footballs knows the New England Patriots team, their quarterback Brady, their coach, and their owner are despised by many football fans outside of New England. Some of it is the Patriots are not considered "America's team" like the Dallas Cowboys or Washington Redskins are. Another factor is historically New England has not been considered a football hotbed within the US. College Football for example is far more dominant in the Southeast, Midwest, or even the West Coast. Additionally the Patriots for decades on end were consistently one of the worst teams in football. After the arrival of Brady, Bellichick, and Kraft they are now considered consistently one of the best while old favorites like the Redskins and Cowboys languish in the dust. <br />Having said all that I wonder if the "Giselle" factor drives many Brady haters even more over the edge.<br />Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894651289037073128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-80367900382452889192013-12-04T02:45:39.588+01:002013-12-04T02:45:39.588+01:00I wonder if the term immigrant is becoming slightl...I wonder if the term immigrant is becoming slightly outmoded. In the US for example even "immigrants" from less exalted countries who come to the US quite wealthy or became wealthy after coming to the US really are not referred to as immigrants in the same lets say an "illegal" immigrant from Mexico who works menial jobs is referred as. It seems as if the term immigrant more and more is used only to refer to immigrants who are "poor."<br /><br />One way of looking at this is politically by those in favor of increased immigration to the US or legalization of illegal immigrants already in the US often give previous annecdotes of past generations of migrants to the US who sucessfully "integrated" into American society in order to justify their positions. On the otherhand in the present day there is very little social or legal pressure toward more well off immigrants to integrate into American society beyond "following the law" so to speak. If you are a wealthy Russian immigrant in Boston or New York who wants your kids to learn to speak Russian you are perfectly free to do so basically. If you are from China or Japan and want you and your children to eat Japanese or Chinese cruisine there is nothing to stop you. If you want to send your kids to the United Nations International School or any other private "international" school there is nothing to stop you. Compare this to 100 years ago when some of the anglophone provinces in Canada actually banned all French language secondary education in order to try to eradicate the Francophone population out of their part of the countryTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894651289037073128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-21912000037554130312013-12-04T02:16:11.210+01:002013-12-04T02:16:11.210+01:00An interesting factoid I came across was on my for...An interesting factoid I came across was on my former Congresswoman( and Americans Abroad Caucus Chairwoman) Carolyn Maloney Wikipedia page.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Maloney<br /><br />Maloney grew up and went to college in North Carolina and moved to New York City after college. However, one of the footnotes implied that her parents were furious with her moving to New York City and nearly disowned her. North Carolina at worse is a long day's drive from New York City but even as recently as the 1970s you had very strong subnational loyalties beyond that of even the nation state.<br /><br />A part of me has to wonder if some of her involvement with American Abroad Caucus is due to her own life experiences notwithstanding the fact they were all within the United States.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894651289037073128noreply@blogger.com