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They are all gorgeous and reflect the beauty and diversity of Eastern Europeans, but I expect pictures from more ordinary people. Those who when you see, you say they are Eastern European.

Is the bold part grammatically correct?

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    ... of more ordinary people, of those who, when you see them you say, they are Eastern European.
    – TimR
    Commented Feb 24, 2017 at 13:54

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Consider:

I like simple, hearty food, food which, when you taste it, you say, now this is real food!

You need a direct object for the verb taste in the phrase which stands in apposition to "simple, hearty food"

...food which, when you taste it you say...

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I hate the jingles on TV commercials, maddening snippets of melody which, once you've heard them, you can never get out of your head.

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You could rewrite the sentence above in the passive:

I hate the jingles on TV commercials, maddening snippets of melody which, once heard, cannot be gotten out of your head.

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  • I never liked "gotten". Among other things, it rhymes with "rotten".
    – Andrew
    Commented Feb 24, 2017 at 21:16
  • How do you feel about woebegotten?
    – TimR
    Commented Feb 24, 2017 at 22:17

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