Are Iranians racist?!?!?

Bavafa
by Bavafa
22-Nov-2010
 

Recently, there was a blog written on IC suggesting Iranians are liars here that stirred much emotion.

Giving the high illiteracy rate up to a few decades ago in Iran as well as other factors, namely the ignorance that stems from the religious teaching, wondering where do Iranians stack up in the racist scale and what are the primary factor for the racist behavior.

Here are some examples we can use to scale our view vis-à-vis others

- What would your parents’ reaction be if you marry a Black American vs. White American

- What are your views about your kid marry a Black American vs. White American

- What are your views if your kid is involved in a relationship with an Arab vs. Hispanic or American

- What are your views if your kid engages in Muslim bashing

- What are your views if your kid engages in Jewish bashing

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Dirty Angel

since American isn't a race,

by Dirty Angel on

I'll go for the option of American bashing.

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Parthianshot91

11Mashty and Arab racism

by Parthianshot91 on

I dare you to go to any arab country and see if you're not treated horrible and called an ajam (racist slur for ethnic Persians). Iranians dislike Arabs, not all of them, but some, for good reasons.

Arabs have always been hostile to Iran and considered/consider us as their historical enemies, and for religous (Shia/sunni sect) reasons also, especially the Persian gulf arab states and people. Not to mention that the Iran-iraq war that was fought less than 23 years ago, which led to hundreds of thousands of Iranian sons, brothers and fathers losing their lives to the pan-Arab (nazi based ideology) driven war that most of the Arab world participated in due to their anti-Persian hate and racism. Also, how about you read the book that Saddam, who is praised by the arab nationalists wrote about the Persians, and jews. The racist book of saddam: 3 things god should have not created, Jews, Persians, and flies.

 So save me the bullcrap.

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Parthianshot91

Just cause you wanna marry your own

by Parthianshot91 on

Let's get something clear first of all. Just cause you wish to get married to your own to perserve and pass on your own heritage, roots, identity, culture etc... Then that's not racist what so ever, Only white American liberal douche-bags who wanna force their own mentality on others think this way, so i'm surprised that an Iranian is saying such a thing.

 Further more, most Iranians, arabs, Afghans, turks (Mid-easterners) Look down upon marrying outside their own in their communities, and for good reasons too, but if I had to choose, I would go with the race second closest to mine, which is white women. Btw, The only reason why you see alot of Iranian men marrying outside their own is because there are alot more Iranian Persian men abroad than women.

 

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"They are not afraid of the ideology alone, but of the detemination and will of the men behind it"


Parthianshot91

Everyone in the world is racist to an extent

by Parthianshot91 on

Absolutely everyone is racist to a degree. If Whites like blacks, they don't like Hispanics, mid-easterners etc.. If Blacks like Hispanics, Asians, then they don't like whites etc.... If the people of earth were one race, then we would judge fat, retarded, ugly people ETC..... It's just the way it is. Hate is in our nature, and it will never go away, though you can control it, but it's never going to go away, Just like happiness, and anger will always be a part of the human emotion, hate will also always be there. 

Btw, this behaviour is not only seen amongst Iranians, infact it's seen much less amongst Iranians compared to other mid-easterners. Mid-easterners, Asians, Africans, Europeans, have this mentality, even americans, imagine what an American parent would say if their daugther wanted to marry an Iranian man, I've witnnesed such cases more than I can count.

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"They are not afraid of the ideology alone, but of the detemination and will of the men behind it"


11mashty

Answers

by 11mashty on

Here are my answers to your questions in the same order you listed:

 

- Not good at all

-Hope they find happiness either way

- Again , hope they find happiness no matter who they choose to be with

- Wouldn't like it a bit, while I and my kids have no religious beliefs, I'd stop their remotest disrespect toward any religion or sets of beliefs.

-Again, same exact response as above, be it Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Bahai or whatever.

 

Now that I have answered your questions, allow me to express my opinion.  Racism is definitely rampant among Iranians, we just call it by different names.  We were raised with anti-Arab sentiments; in fact I remember state sanctioned songs we had to learn in elementary school which made fun of Iraqi's.  Of course, at least those in Iran today, are taught anti-semitic and anti-Bahai ideas consistently.  Don't even get me started with racism toward African Americans or Hispanics.....I'd hate to have to express what many Iranians typically say about these peoples.  So, Iranians are definitely racist; the subject group is only dependent on where they are and what they were taught.  Very sad but very true.


Simorgh5555

No Mehrdad

by Simorgh5555 on

Iranians often betray their own race. There was one partciualr blog where some chap who shared the same name as your good self believed Palestine was more important than Iran.


MRX1

well

by MRX1 on

start with yourself and enlighten us wiith your oponion.Majority of  Iranians are not racist. Far from it as a matter of fact. Take a look around you and see how many Iranians have foreign spouses? (Numbers are pretty high) now if some one personaly doesn't like another race ethincity or what ever that seems to be a personal issue. If you are talking about islamo creeps, well they don't like Jews,we know that but hopefully they are a minority....