Research shows that immigrants tend to bring their prejudices with them, adopting the anti-immigrant sentiments of their new hosts. Middle-class immigrants may fear a loss of status. Others simply seek to distinguish themselves from a stigmatised group.

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Research shows that immigrants tend to bring their prejudices with them, adopting the anti-immigrant sentiments of their new hosts. Middle-class immigrants may fear a loss of status. Others simply seek to distinguish themselves from a stigmatised group.

  • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
    15·
    7 days ago

    Depending on where they’re immigrating from, there can be bigotry internal to the source culture that they bring with them. For example the Indian caste system. From the outside we just see people from India, but there’s a ton we’re missing.

  • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    7 days ago

    It’s always baffled me. As the grandchild of an immigrant I’ve always felt it was only right to welcome in the folks who want so badly to be one of us.

  • Darleys_Brew@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    6 days ago

    It’s like people that come from poor backgrounds that vote to make it harder for people to level up…I’m assuming it’s a similar line of thinking.

    • wanderwisley@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      Yes exactly this. I know a few people who are 2nd or 3rd generation immigrant and they don’t give a shit about other immigrants at all. All voted for Trump and all day that they will never be deported because they voted for Donny. And a few of them have said they will be more then happy to help ice deport other immigrants even if it’s there neighbor.

  • Horsey@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    Raised by immigrant grandparents here, parents were born here. They don’t care. My parents have zero concept of what immigrant challenges my grandparents faced.

  • weew@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    6 days ago

    Do immigrants even like other immigrants? They’re basically competition

  • aceshigh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    6 days ago

    Because they came in legally and those who didn’t should leave. Never mind that the folks who came legally were privileged, and those who didn’t, didn’t have that same flexibility of time and money to do it legally.

  • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    11·
    6 days ago

    I suspect that it might be some form of hidden feeling of guilt.

    people immigrate here, and feel guilty for intruding. then, they take up some form of anti-immigrant sentiment as a form of self-punishment?

    • Chastity2323@midwest.socialEnglish
      41·
      7 days ago

      This is so obviously not true, how did it get so many upvotes? There are so many counterexamples. The only “fundamental part” of human nature is that humans are adaptable to different environments, including our shitty racist society.

      This is borderline misanthropic too, which is cringe as hell

    • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      102·
      8 days ago

      But even the terminology suggests you’re coming from a lower place. So wouldn’t it make sense that the people from the place you’re coming from have some responsibility for the state it was in. Like how right now we’re seeing a decline in American culture and increase in corruption. It was voted in by Americans. So if Americans were to all of a sudden immigrate to say Canada to get away, wouldn’t they fucking hate it if other Americans who voted for Republicans start following them because of the opportunity.

    • forrgott@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      944·
      8 days ago

      This is nothing more than a thought terminating cliche. As such, it’s completely worthless.

      Edit: lol…funny how y’all talking about…nothing at all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • EpicFailGuy@fedia.io
    79·
    8 days ago

    Cuban here, like many others have said “burning the ladder behind you”

    but adding to it. In my opinion it has to do with seeing a reflection of your past self and associating the difference with positive progress then being disgusted by your own struggle and putting that emotion on your next of kin.

    Yes it’s frustrating to be born in a third world country and have to come legally in a raft and have to work for under minimum wage for multiple years to be able to afford even the most basic necessities … but it’s important to remember where you come from and to use that disgust to make the world a better place so that no one else has to go thru the same.

    • Mothra@mander.xyzEnglish
      34·
      8 days ago

      That’s a really good piece of artwork, that’s not an easy concept to pull off and look at how well the artist nailed the physical resemblances between the faces, live vs shadow.

  • gaja@lemm.eeEnglish
    68·
    8 days ago

    I grew up in the Midwest as a child of a Mexican and American. By 16, I was regurgitating Ben Shapiro anti-immigration rhetoric. Why?

    The same reason anyone is racist. I grew up around it. The people I knew and loved were white and that was reflected in the media I was exposed to. Subliminal messages and implied suggestions over entire childhood. They might claim they don’t like the illegal, but the truth is that they’ve internalized the hatred of the culture they identify with.

    • garbagebagel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      7 days ago

      I don’t understand why this comment is so low. As an immigrant myself who migrated when I was very young, the answer of internalized racism is very obvious to me. It took me almost 25 years to fully open my eyes to the racist beliefs I had internalized growing up, and even being aware of it now, it takes an awful lot of self-work to unlearn certain things.

  • ...m...@ttrpg.network
    English
    19·
    7 days ago

    …i work with mostly first and second-generation immigrants from all over the world, and a common pattern i’ve noticed among established first-generation immigrants is strong anti-immigrant sentiment; a little bit that they emmigrated to get away from those people, a little bit f*ck-you-i-got-mine…