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this is complete example of racism.

• sohn2 14y ago
  Or maybe elitism.
  • astrodust 14y ago
    Or "eltism" to follow that example.
• drivebyacct2 14y ago
  You created an account for this? And didn't even spell racist right? Wow.
• jcromartie 14y ago
  It's racist to jump to the conclusion that someone speaking the language of Iran might be Iranian? I'd say that's a reasonable (if incorrect) assumption to make.
  • Ralith 14y ago
    It wasn't even incorrect: her own words were "I'm from Iran." It's obvious that the Apple employee made the perfectly reasonable interpretation that this described her citizenship.
    • chris_wot 14y ago
      What's untrue about that statement? She is from Iran! Now she is a U.S. citizen.
      • Ralith 14y ago
        Nothing is untrue about it. Obviously, there was a miscommunication, and the woman decided to go scream "Racism!" to the presses instead of clearing it up. Edit: Oh, I see, you thought I was asserting that she was of Iranian citizenship. I understood the parent of my original post to be referring to her being of Iranian race, because she appears to be trying to make it out as a race issue, when in truth it is a citizenship issue.
        • chris_wot 14y ago
          Yeah, sorry if there was any confusion. I don't think this was about racism, just an incredibly awkward situation brought about by a stupid law.
          • Ralith 14y ago
            > "Discrimination. Racially profiled. He didn't have any business asking me what country I was from," Sabet said. Sounds like she's trying to make it about racism to me. The only other interpretation I can come up with is that she's complaining about people of Iranian race speaking Iranian language being "racially profiled" to be Iranians, which is pretty absurd as complaints go.
  • lukejduncan 14y ago
    It's not a reasonable assumption to make. What if I'm a first generation American and speak Farsi at home?