The overt racism and other hate speech is a bit much

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Patriam1066 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

99% of Americans don’t even know what Persian is. One guy thought I was from Paris once

Thats really funny! A lot of people do and have immigrated to France though. Perhaps they thought you were like 2nd+ generation from France and emigrated to US? It’s like many Patels come from west africa, not direct from the subcontinent. Or maybe they were just plain ignant.

It’s interesting the difference in stereotype for the same person depending on how they are described - i can see why someone would describe themself as a charming sexy Persian instead of risking been seen as any one of the mixed bag of stereotypes they could otherwise get viewed as.