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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast. Hey guys,how's it going?
I have a question. I am a little bit scared to goto France. Oh, okay. Because of racism.
Okay. Should I be scared? Okay, that's a very goodquestion.
Oh, okay. I mean, you don't need to be scared, butyou should know that it's maybe a bit
more often than the United States. America? Okay,okay. I would say. Oh, okay. There are still some
people still have like those minds. Yeah, I'd saythat. Are they harsher towards a certain
nationality? What do you think about Asians?
I think it's the same in the United States, butAsians are, I would say, most non-protected
race, I would say. Because there are so manyAfrican people living in France, I think same as
USA. They've already like experienced so manythings, and then now like, you know,
they have their own rights, kind of. Like they'rea part of the culture. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But
Asians are not that, population-wise, not big.Okay. Not long, historically. So still.
Considered an outsider. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Okay.What do you think about Paris, though?
Still. Still? Yeah. Like the place where the citywith like the most visitors. Yeah. In the world.
Still? I mean, so for example, I went to Paris andstayed there for more than a week last year.
I didn't face anything. Okay. Any of those. Ididn't face any of those acts, any of those
racism things at all. But if you compare to Asiansversus Africans, white people. Okay. I
think the Asians are the, have like a higherpossibility of being. I see. Being. I see.
Did you get like a, like a quiet racism, like nota proactive one, but more like a quiet,
like, hmm. This feels like it would have been adifferent experience if I was a different race.
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Not really. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Not really. Yeah. Wegot to keep in mind that you speak French.
Yes. Right. So that's an advantage. Yes. I canfight. Right. Right. Yeah. I've never been
Europeans or I've never been African, so I don'tknow that the exact, you know,
treatments. At least. Yeah. I didn't. So you don'thave to be that worried. Yeah. I didn't. I didn't
have met any of those situations. Okay. Because Ihear so much stories about people in France.
Okay. You know, not only Asians, but like, youknow, being kind of treated harshly. It's like,
oh my God, I don't want to, I don't want thathappening to me. Yeah. Like my image is,
it's not a strong racism, but more like touristsare being hated, hated on. I see. That's another
strong image that I have. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sothat's a different thing as racist. Oh, is it?
Okay. But it's like, yeah, because they have theirown culture. They're living in the city
and there are so many people coming in, just dorandom things, take photos and videos andeverything.
So they, they kind of, yeah, they're tired ofeverything. So if you, if you're too tourist,
they were like, oh, come on. There you go again.Okay. Yeah. Japan's at the phase of that right
now. I feel like just like Kyoto. Yeah. Kyoto. Ithink this is a very similar situation. Right.
Shibuya. Yeah. Wild stuff. Right. Right. Yeah. Soyeah. Okay. Okay. But if you have respect
to the locals, if you have, um, how can I showrespect to the locals by, by, by, um,
saying hello in French? Uh, yeah, that's good. Isthat a good way? Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay.
Because there are some people, you know, act likeit's their land.
Okay. It's their, you know, you know, you knowthat. I get it. I get it. I get it. I've seen
those people. I've seen that. If you don't dothat, if you don't do that, you're, you're safe.
Okay. Yeah. Have some respect. Okay. Yeah. Whatcan you teach me, uh, how to say hello in French?
Bonjour. Bonjour. I don't know. I don't know if Idid it right. Can I say that again? Bonjour.
Bonjour. Perfect. Bonjour. Perfect. Should I,okay. Is this how I should say it? Bonjour.
Bonjour. Perfect. Okay. Perfect. Okay. Great. Allright. That's good. Good. Good. Good.
What about thank you? Merci. Merci. Perfect. Isthat perfect? Yeah. Bonjour. Merci. Great. Great.
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Great. Okay. If you master those two, you, you,you're good. Is that good? So I'll just,
I'll say bonjour, go into the store and then canI, can I use English from that, from that,
after that or should I do something else? Should Iuse like a translating app to, to, to, to,
to show them that I'm not trying to, you know, bearrogant, like that I speak English.
Maybe that's a good idea. Yeah. Then just startinglike speaking like very fast English,
like, Hey, um, can I, yeah, yeah, yeah. But maybespeak slow, slower than the usual speed.
Okay. Okay. Make yourself more understandable.Okay. Like, I understand that English is not
their first language. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. And belike the, yeah. Bonjour one coffee. Yeah. Maybe.
Good. Good. Okay. Okay. Okay. But what, do youhave a better plan or? Um, yeah. Maybe, um,
when you get in, you say bonjour. Yeah. Anglais.That, that means English. Oh, okay. Anglais.
Anglais. Anglais. Is that it? Do I have to say,okay. Or just, just Anglais.
Yeah. If you start speaking like sentence, that'sgoing to be long. So. Okay. Anglais.
Yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay. That's very respectful.Yeah. Yeah. But the problem is what if the stock
says, no, I'll just, oh, bonjour. But usually theysay no problem. Okay. Especially in Paris,
they actually speak English. They understand someEnglish and they, because it's such a tourism
place, they actually understand and speak goodEnglish. Okay. Okay. Okay. That's good. That's
good. All right. Yeah. Right. Okay. Right. Youknow, in Japan, you know how these like over
touristy areas, the employees are like the stancewhen English speakers come in, they're like, oh,
I have to adjust to English. Right. They're,they're respectful to the tourists. Right. Right.
I'm assuming it's not like that in France. It'snot like that. Okay. Which is, which is how I
think it should be. You know, it's not, it's, uh,we're in France. Yeah. So it's a French,
right. Thousand years. Right. Right. Right. Right.Right. So I get it. I get it. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. I think just like Kyoto is the vibe is verysimilar. Okay. Okay. All right.
All right. Thanks for sitting guys. Bye-bye.