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I may not be a full blooded Iranian or the “best” Iranian there is out there, but what i ask, what would be considered the “best” Iranian? Drive a Mercedes or live off of my parents money? Decide that physical beauty has greater importance than internal beauty? (because internal beauty is eternal beauty.) Or should I just seclude myself from the entire persian community and try to do my own thing? But God forbid I try to go and do that, my name gets ruined and they will think I would have become “Americanized” Fine, I won’t go hang out with my American friends, but I will probably go and get close with my religion. I done that, but what happened, i wasn’t “iranian” but people thought I was a prude or something of the sort. Not only that, I just wasn’t happy. In the end, I am left here confused and trying to figure out what a “real” iranian is classified as. I’m not saying I have anything against any persian, I am happy they are doing what they are happy with, but why is it that whenever I try to get to know someone and they know I am persian, they automatically assume I got my nose done or i drive a benz. My answer is no to all of those because I dont live off of my parents nor do i drive a benz (2011 nissan sentra) nor do I  thrive my life on name-brands, but I am very happy with the person I am. How did Iranians get this stereotype and should we be proud of it?

I may not be a full blooded Iranian or the “best” Iranian there is out there, but what i ask, what would be considered the “best” Iranian? Drive a Mercedes or live off of my parents money? Decide that physical beauty has greater importance than internal beauty? (because internal beauty is eternal beauty.) Or should I just seclude myself from the entire persian community and try to do my own thing? But God forbid I try to go and do that, my name gets ruined and they will think I would have become “Americanized” Fine, I won’t go hang out with my American friends, but I will probably go and get close with my religion. I done that, but what happened, i wasn’t “iranian” but people thought I was a prude or something of the sort. Not only that, I just wasn’t happy.

In the end, I am left here confused and trying to figure out what a “real” iranian is classified as. I’m not saying I have anything against any persian, I am happy they are doing what they are happy with, but why is it that whenever I try to get to know someone and they know I am persian, they automatically assume I got my nose done or i drive a benz. My answer is no to all of those because I dont live off of my parents nor do i drive a benz (2011 nissan sentra) nor do I  thrive my life on name-brands, but I am very happy with the person I am.

How did Iranians get this stereotype and should we be proud of it?

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