Shadee Elmasry – Double Standard

11 August 2024

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A speaker discusses how British people move in large numbers to countries like Spain or France, and how they call themselves " expats." They argue that most people don't understand what they mean by being an " expat" and that adopting culture and customization is important. The speaker also mentions that British people have a double standard, even though they live in different countries.

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When we, the British people, move in very

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large numbers, say, to places like Spain or

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France or other places, do you know what

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we call ourselves? We call ourselves expats.

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We don't call ourselves immigrants. Oh, no. No.

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Even though we live in another

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country. And by the way, when we live

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in these other countries, and I've seen it

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firsthand as someone who lives part time in

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France, do most of us bother to learn

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French or Spanish?

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Many, many don't, actually. Mhmm. That's true.

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So called expat communities and have their jokes

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about the foreigners even though they're living in

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those countries. So what we don't really practice,

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what we preach about assimilation

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Yeah. About adopting culture and custom some do,

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but a lot don't. And it's very interesting

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how we have this double standard.

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