Jun 15, 2025
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there are adults on tumblr today who genuinely believe that the US is the ONLY country in the world where different states have different laws. and I have to share the internet with these people. in 2024.
Wolverine: Revenge - why?
Wolverine: Revenge takes place in an AU (I assume) where Magneto died on Asteroid M (RIP king) through unknown means. Upon his death a global EMP was released, frying all technology. Asteroid M fell to Earth and took out Canada. The whole world is back to the Stone Age. Spoilers and gore ahead.
Except for one gonzo science reactor in Russia and the Helicarrier they're on.
People in the comment section of a video saying that "what Britain did was hundreds and hundreds of years ago, and what america did to the black people in their country was recent and [they] were still facing oppression 70 years ago". [direct quote btw]. I'm speechless. Babe what are you on about??? My grandparents were literally born under British colonial rule??? They fought in the independence war? I have family members who survived the bengal famine. Like, I fully acknowledge the treatment of black people with the settler colonial state known as the usa was and continues to remain horrible but acting like nobody else in the world also suffered similar fates is just horrific historical revisionism and ignores and marginalizes the consequences of colonialism that South Asians struggle with to this day. US exceptionalism never ceases to amaze me.
Notes on "Empire of Care : Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History"
Filipino nurse migration to the United States is just one aspect of a larger global flow of predominantly female migrants from the Philippines to over 130 countries.
This migration trend contrasts with early Philippine immigration, which consisted mainly of male labourers to the United States
The migration of highly skilled nurses across borders is both a celebratory sign of their training and expertise but also highlights global power dynamics, where nurses from countries with severe nursing shortages migrate to provide care in highly developed countries like the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Despite the important role of Filipino nurse migrants, little is known about their development and experiences.
Existing studies often group Filipino nurse migrants with other Asian professional migrants, which masks the unique aspects of their migration.
These studies often explain Filipino nurse migration through U.S. immigration legislation and economic opportunities, such as the 1965 U.S. Immigration Act and nursing shortages after World War II.
The "brain drain" theory is commonly used to explain professional migration from Asian countries, suggesting that professionals leave due to a lack of opportunities and economic incentives in their home countries.
Filipino nurse migrants are sometimes depicted as impersonal objects of study, preventing a comprehensive understanding of their multidimensional roles as historical agents, professionals, women, and immigrants.
The migration of highly skilled nurses reflects a global power structure where countries with nursing shortages, including the Philippines, send nurses to provide professional nursing care in highly developed countries like the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The World Health Organization (WHO) report highlights the inequitable distribution of nurses worldwide, with developing countries having only 15 percent of the world's nurses despite housing two-thirds of the world's population (Empire of Care).
The culture of migration, shaped by narratives about the promise of immigration to the United States, including media portrayals and experiences shared by Filipino nurse migrants already in the U.S, plays a significant role in motivating Filipino nurses to seek opportunities abroad.
U.S. hospital recruiters actively collaborate with Philippine travel and recruitment agencies to aggressively recruit Filipino nurses, shedding light on what some researchers call the "institutionalisation of migration." However, these aspects are often overlooked in research, leaving a "critical void" in understanding the dynamics of Filipino nurse migration.
The lack of study about the exploitation faced by Filipino nurses from both Philippine and American recruiters and their American hospital employers is concerning. Additionally, the scapegoating of Filipino immigrants during challenging political times and the absence of professional solidarity between Filipino and American nurses remain underexplored issues.
The studies that include Filipino nurse migrants also marginalise and simplify the complex and dynamic history of the colonial relationship between the United States and the Philippines.
Pervasive myths of U.S. exceptionalism and benevolence persist and influence the perception of colonial history, downplaying the violent conquest of the Philippines and the racialized hierarchies it created. These myths are also perpetuated in contemporary times through media narratives about immigration and the incorporation of the "Third World" into the United States.
Despite their highly educated and skilled backgrounds, professional Asian immigrants, including Filipino nurses, still face resentment and hostility, as exemplified by the case of nuclear physicist Wen Ho Lee.
Foreign nurses, especially Filipino nurses, have been criticised for "taking jobs" from American nurses, leading to debates about their immigration and examination requirements. This criticism often overlooks the complex factors involved in Filipino nurse migration and the collaboration between Philippine and U.S. entities in facilitating the process. It also implies that Filipino nurses exploit the United States, rather than the reality of the situation (the United States exploiting Filipino nurses).
The history of U.S. colonialism in the Philippines perpetuated the interrelated myths of "white love" and "little brown brothers." These myths claimed that Americans embraced their colonial subjects with benevolence and enlightened American systems of education, infrastructure, and public health. Not only does this further promote the myths of American benevolence and American exceptionalism , it portrays Americans as superior to their Filipino counterparts in a racialised hierarchy.
American Exceptionalism in this context means Americans juxtaposing themselves against their "Brutal, European counterparts" in order to paint themselves as a benevolent force in the Philippines.
I am constantly fascinated by how American centric a lot of posts about cultural Christianity are and what a shitton of irony that involves.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that (or that Christianity across the globe doesn’t have its own issues) but it’s fascinating to see posts going ‘these particular assumptions/beliefs aren’t good, you can’t assume your experiences are universal, and this is a problem worldwide’ while not realising that the assumptions and beliefs they’re describing…are themselves not actually universal. Something something telling someone not to do something while yourself doing that same thing, something something else.
Sigh... I am so tired of posts by US Americans complaining about some small good thing they have and saying that they're pretty much the worst country in the world for having this good thing be so small, when you can't even dream of having even that.
US Americans like to say they're either the best or the worst country in the world. Anything in between would be an insult to their entitlement.
I asked people to tag their US politics stuff, but clearly they don't care. They think they are the only important part of the world and everyone should care about them and them only.
And then those of them who do talk about the rest of the world, usually apply their pov onto it and only see the world through the prism of internal US American constructs. And the rest of the world doesn't work like that, so it all often does more harm than good.
Why is it so hard to comprehend that you are not the only country in the world?