Because immigrants have always been particularly prone to repetition - it's something to do with that experience of moving from West to East or East to West or from island to island. [...] There's no proper term for it - original sin seems too harsh; maybe original trauma would be better.

Smith, Zadie: White Teeth (2000)

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