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Flowers in a Garden

The varieties of beautiful and colorful flowers add to the aesthetic value of a garden; with each flower having its own scent and characteristics.  Even a Rose garden will not measure up to a garden whose different flowers are all nurtured and taken care of with love.

I hope there are never any attempts to artificially de-hyphenate or homogenize a group or country.  

Anvar

AK

Its OK with me, I dont really mind how ppl describe themselves. It's an expression of how they think about themselves, who or where they identify themselves with.... Its also helpful to be able to place ppl, eg If I meet someone who calls themselves 'Iranian american' I know they're Iranian based in US as opposed to UK or where ever.

And I dont know if I want to segregate ppl up .. I quite the mixing going on....Im all for multi nationality.

Freedom of choice

Javaneh

AK69

I don't think using terminologies[prefix] such as Iranian American or Mexican American is to divide, rather it is to unify all ethnicity under [Americanism], while allowing the minority groups to proudly keep their original ancestry.

Good blog though

-YT 

Dear Also Confused

- My point is general and to the groups/people that call themselves, for example, Irainian-American or Armenian-Iranian or Irish-American or Chinese-African, etc. etc.

We have enough pre-exising divisions; we don't need to create additional false ones to further divide society. I could understand if the individual was of mixed parents, but Iranians that live in the US call themselves Iranian-Americans. WTF - To that I say pick a team! LOL

AK69 

Bar Labe Goore Man, Avaz Bekhan

Agha Fozoli

- Of course it is a term invented by non-Iranians, we wre communicating in English on this Blog. I am using generally accepted English terms to communicate my thoughts. And in doing so, using the terms Persian Ethnicity, I am stating what I mean based on the definitions of those words.

Please explain further on this:
Your problem has been caused by too many people trying to tinker with with things unnecessarily to prove their credentials.

AK69 

Bar Labe Goore Man, Avaz Bekhan

Kojai Mr. Dash-Nothing?

Kojai khoshtip?! Mazerat mikhaam, Mr. Dash-Nothing! loooooooooooool

Akbar! Akbar pasho kaaret daaram :-)

Qoli

xOx

 PS: Begoo Koo!

hello

i agree with fozolie. alot of times, personally, i am disconnected or completely ignorant of things within iran. and newly acquainted iranian friends will ask "where u been on a deserted planet ???"  and i have to explain to them --no i was born and raised in america and only been to iran once so i don't know alot of things. but to make a contraction of that statement i simply say --iranian-american. i don't have any vile intention in saying that .  it simply is what it is.  

Persian ethnicity?

Now that is complete bull, a term invented by non-Iranians  which is totally meaningless. 

Your problem has been caused by too many people trying to tinker with with things unnecessarily to prove their credentials. Because we get too emotional about things we should leave alone. 

Mr. Fozolie

Mr. AK69 JooooooooooooooooooN

That was NO nasty what my Mom and Dad did!

As I recall they enjoyed it very much, since they made a few more after the first successful attempt!

Love,

Your Iranian-Iranian Friend

PS: Please see PPS

PPS: KMPA :-)

Also confused ...

Ok I will put aside that you think Im pretending to an angel ... only kidding. Though I prefer to think of myself as aspiring towards being an angel:)

I'm not with it here ... who is calling themselves 'iranian.... something'? OR are you asking generally about why we identify ourselves by using prefixes such as Im iranian or persian or zoroastrian etc. ?  

Javaneh