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Crazy psychology. El-Sayed just can’t accept that his Middle East immigrant parents, like many from second and third world societies, don’t understand (and have no interest in caring about) American extracurricular school activities because they come from parts of the world where there has been, historically, little value placed on child development. His parents didn’t really have childhoods in the sense that would be familiar to any American. The West, influenced by Christianity, is unique in emphasizing the need to nourish and pour love into children because we recognize their innocence and need for protection. El-Sayed can’t comprehend this essential distinction about the West and instead, tries to rationalize his parents’ provincial attitudes (despite being upper class Egyptians no less!) by saying that it’s actually stupid that white parents actually pour so much love into their kids bc some of those kids are just not even good at said sport. But he then goes on to pounder how much further in life he could have gone if his parents did that??? Yikes.