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Re:Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia by logicchains on Saturday March 21, 2026 @03:08PM (#47470214)
>Iranians have been categorized as “brown” so people lump them together with Somalians and Afghans.

Even from a racist perspective that's completely wrong; Iranians are white, the name "Iran" literally means "Land of the Aryans".

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Re:Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia by breppp on Saturday March 21, 2026 @03:38PM (#47470496)
> Iranians are white, the name "Iran" literally means "Land of the Aryans".

The Indians were also Aryan according to race theories. I wouldn't put much sense into racism

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Re:Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia by srean on Saturday March 21, 2026 @04:14PM (#47470838)
Leaving the 'aryan' and 'white' bit aside there are mountains of things that are common between Indians and Iranians -- the system of classical music, musical instruments, mythological characters, food, and of course language.
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Re:Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia by sebastiennight on Sunday March 22, 2026 @05:40PM (#47482467)
Wow you just sent me through a fascinating journey through Wikipedia for a while there.

The history (and pseudoscientific justification) of racism is mind-boggling as ever.

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