lol - I can't believe we've got down to analysing individual words in the sentence!
I can see how people may have taken exception if they read it as 'expected to be treated differently', though even this isn't necessarily racist. If someone is treated differently because of their nationality on a regular basis (as Nigel was all the previous times he left the country, and as we all often are in Qatar) then it is perfectly normal to EXPECT to receive the same treatment the next time. It doesn't mean it is right or that you agree with it, it just means that you got used to something happening and THOUGHT it would continue happen.
The fact that nationalities are treated differently here is racist on the part of the country and authorities. But thinking that you will be treated the same way you were last time is not racist, regardless of whether that treatment itself is racist or not.
I think we've now successfully shown that the sentence can be interpreted in different ways!
lol - I can't believe we've got down to analysing individual words in the sentence!
I can see how people may have taken exception if they read it as 'expected to be treated differently', though even this isn't necessarily racist. If someone is treated differently because of their nationality on a regular basis (as Nigel was all the previous times he left the country, and as we all often are in Qatar) then it is perfectly normal to EXPECT to receive the same treatment the next time. It doesn't mean it is right or that you agree with it, it just means that you got used to something happening and THOUGHT it would continue happen.
The fact that nationalities are treated differently here is racist on the part of the country and authorities. But thinking that you will be treated the same way you were last time is not racist, regardless of whether that treatment itself is racist or not.
I think we've now successfully shown that the sentence can be interpreted in different ways!
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