Americans Are Leaving — Why Is It “Escaping” for Us and Strategy for Them?

Americans are leaving the United States in record numbers. The Wall Street Journal is reporting on the shift — and calling it strategic. Blaxit Global was mentioned in the coverage. But here’s the context. Six years ago — long before this administration, long before this became a mainstream trend — when we started publicly discussing international mobility, the conversation was reduced to “escaping racism.” Not by WSJ. But by the broader media narrative — and even some within our own community. We were reading the tea leaves early. So here’s the real question: Why does relocation become strategy only after everyone else does it? Let’s talk about it.