Pakistani working-class migrants sustain families through seasonal transnational migration

Evidence

With the debate came a growing sense of discomfort within the Pakistani middle class that, in the eyes of the world, all Pakistanis abroad were being stereotyped as labor migrants, an image connoting an uneducated, brutish, people prone to violence and crime. But like all stereotypes, this is far from a full picture. — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 21 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Weakened domestic unions pushed Pakistani laborers into transnational migration; Pakistani immigrants in New York City endure widespread poverty and limited English proficiency; Migrant remittances indirectly sustain Pakistan’s opaque military-business economy — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in…, 513 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Middle-class Pakistanis abroad chafed at being stereotyped as labor migrants #complicates (0.76) — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 21