Go back to your own country!
Melisa Azimi, Irvine, CA The first thing that comes into peoples’ minds when I tell them I am Persian, is their hatred for my country....

Finally I learned to accept myself
Katherine Porter, San Leandro, CA. I grew up disowned by my racial cultures…too different from White, too different from Chinese. Talked about by cousins, wondered...

You aren’t what you look like.
Marcus Garcia Moses Lake, WA I’m Mexican but people pretty much never get it right like i get asked if I’m white,greek,persian,middle easter,black(shocked about that...
Mexican, Italian, Persian, what are you?
Rebecca Rodriguez Baltimore, MD This is a picture of my brother and I. Constantly he gets accused of being Arab, Mexican or Italian from Caucasians,...
I know I don’t look Persian
Rustin Baradar San Mateo, CA Everyone is doubtful when I say I’m 100% Persian just because my skin isn’t as dark as the stereotypical Persian.

