• teslekova@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    Thankyou, my understanding was incomplete. I was making the fundamental mistake of looking at the makeup of those in leadership positions. You have fixed my error.

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      13 hours ago

      Thank you! There is a tendency, as you have noted, of some white-passing Iranians who immigrate to the US to claim “we are actually white”. I think it’s problematic and can be seen as racist - does this mean they consider non-white-passing to not be Iranian? Does it mean they think of themselves as better than immigrants that don’t pass as white? Here’s a photo to illustrate different ethnicities in the country: