You're exactly right. I don't know where people get the idea that persian is an ethnicity since it was based on the name of the nation which was Persia before it was changed to Iran. It also sounds cooler. EDIT: Forgot to add that Persian is the official english word for the language spoken in Iran (farci being the name of the language in Iran...spoken in persian...or farci)
Yeah, when I was young I used to call myself persian. Don't care for it anymore, i'm half Iranian aswell. Mexican/Iranian.
There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman; some kind of abstraction. But there is no real me: only an entity, something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable... I simply am not there.
while on this topic is there anything i can do to make my hair look like blair's? i wish i had some "good hair". edit: not really
This reaction seems a little too trite. He's not trying to change his ethnicity, just the amount of melanin in his skin. People will still know he's Persian... or Iranian. When white people go to the beach to get some sun, they don't have folks telling them to stop being ashamed of their lilly-white skin. Even crappy orange fake tans aren't interpreted as self-loathing. He just wants to make a slight cosmetic change. It still doesn't feel right to apply artificial measures to lighten one's skin (or to darken it), but still less extreme than, say, piercings or tattoos or anorexia in a person's attempt to achieve some beauty paradigm. I don't recommend skin-lightening, artificial tanning, tattoos, piercings, or anorexia for anyone, but this one is not a big deal. It'd be nice if people could just be happy with what God gave them, but I know they won't feel beautiful by sheer willpower either. As for actual advice on how to get the desired effect (even if you shouldn't want it), I can't help.
Says the white man. I KEED! I used to be pretty darn dark, but that was because I played a lot of sports outside. Now, not so much. So I'm pretty damn pale. If you already don't spend any time in the sun, then I got nuthin for ya.
Well "fair and handsome" sucked. Im thinking to buy a Hydroquinone bleaching cream but heard it's very dangerous.
Seriously.....go to a beauty supply store and buy the facial cleansing soap made by Ambi. Next, stop by your local grocery store and buy a few lemons and either some cotton balls or woman's cotton makeup remover Turn on your sink water and let it get pretty hot. You can either use your hands to wet your face or soak a face towel like the old barbers used to do. Lather the soap and wash your face pretty good. Now turn on the sink water but this time let it run ice cold. Cup some water and splash it on your face and neck to get the soap off. Dry your face by blotting with a clean towel. As for the lemons. Depending on the size, Slice one in half and take the knife and poke several holes into it. This lets you get more juice out. Get a small bowl and squeeze the lemon juice into it. Let it sit for about a minute. Take the cotton balls (or makeup remover) and dip it into the lemon juice. Basically cover your face and neck areas with the juice and let it dry. It takes about a minute. Warning, it stings so don't do this right after shaving. After drying, do whatever you got planned. The juice isn't sticky and really doesn't smell. Keep it on at least an hour but no longer than 5 hours. You can sleep with it on also. When you're ready to take it off, just wash your face (like you did earlier) with the Ambi soap again. And like someone else said, use some sunscreen. If you do this for about a week or two you should notice a big difference. No homo here, but after years of playing ball in the sun 12 hours a day and being in marching bands in high school and college I had to do something to clean my skin up. I learned about this from some old Jamaican ladies that I know It won't make your face "whiter" but it'll definitely peal off the layers of dirt off of your skin and lighten your brown up a little. The acid in the lemons are just harsh enough to get the job done. It's also harsh enough to remove the cymbal logos off of my cymbals I use for my drum kit but ............... :grin:
That's what I always figured too. People don't want to be associated w/ Iran and they think "Persian" sounds cooler. I also always thought the two terms meant different things because there are many Persians in other countries like India and Afghanistan, and aren't there also Iranians who aren't Persian as well? EDIT: I just noticed that you had already said that.
This thread was started as a self nomination for the most insecure member of clutchfans. This is 13 year-old girl insecure levels going on here. Hold on, are you a 13 year old girl?
