Why armenians are so ugly

Ditto for the Colonies. It has also done some great things for itself, and the world. And for my family, that needed a haven from Turk bayonets. You are too young or unlettered to understand the progress this country has made. You just assume that American police officers are racists. Maybe you believe Michael Brown had his hands up when he was shot in Ferguson in If you do, you are unfamiliar with why the DOJ refused to indict the officer.

Or maybe you believe that police kill unarmed African Americans both frequently and more often than they do whites. If so, you are uninformed: In 9 unarmed African Americans were killed by the police. A Harvard economist who is himself African American determined that the police use of deadly force is not more common with African Americans. But bear in mind that BLM has at least one terrorist on its payroll Ms. Greenberg and three founders who are marxists.

Do you know what communists did to Armenians, Armenia, and our families? That is an obscenity. It is going out on a limb to provide a forum in which the most crucial social problem facing this country can be compassionately addressed by Armenian Americans in the light of their personal experiences and the bitter lessons of Armenian history.

That is something to ponder, given what another mob of Communists did to Armenia and Armenians going back a full century. The speed with which the media, the corporations and many gullible youths have swallowed BLM is astonishing.

BLM trumpets police racism. It advocates some mysterious process called defunding the police. This might work well in gated communities where juvenile burglary is the dominant local crime. Speaking as a former police officer, I can tell you with certainty that defunding the police will deprive the poor, the old, the disabled, and the weak from the protection they call for constantly.

BLM also decries police violence. They have no interest in violence or force meted out by the police to whites and other groups. Insofar as police violence goes, they, and their gullible followers speak about a tsunami of white officers killing unarmed Blacks. Well, a person can be threat without being armed. But more to the point, the tsunami in amounted to 9 — 9 unarmed African American men and one woman were killed by the police.

A Harvard economist has studied the use of deadly force by the police,and has concluded that blacks and whites have the same outcomes in the same situations, armed or not. But more fundamentally, if that agenda is truly the King Kong of social issues, where and how does AW include the voices of dissent and difference as to something so important?

Armenians are not white. We are not black. Our racial features may differ and vary, me personally, My name was constantly made fun of, my darker skin and darker eyes told someone something different, and when I talked about my Armenian religion that too was looked down upon me. Armenians in my lifetime worked very hard to build their names, reputation, our communities, and our standing in the world. Having said that I do believe that black lives matter.

Armenian is not a race. If we have been claimed as white, we have privelage based on whiteness being the social construct that is race. Give it a rest Armenian Weekly. You gave these naive kids a platform for months to voice their ignorance about BLM movement. Focus on the threat of war to Armenia directed by Azeris and Turks. Instead of all these nonsense articles coming out, you should have reported on the massive Azeri military exercises that were happening for months.

Or report on the massive cyber warfare by Azeris and Turks. Look at social media, they have bombarded it with propaganda. Thank you jda and Jack for your astute and justified criticism of the Armenian Weekly. Your words describe exactly how the silent majority of AW readers think.

We have been inundated with the opinions of America condemning social justice warriors. The AW has effectively silenced the voice of dissenters, specifically the viewpoints of conservative, pro America advocates. Thank you, Hazel. You are right on. God Bless America as it has allowed people from different backgrounds to flourish — if you came from genocide, or any other backgrounds you had a chance here.

Growing up I had no problem being an Armenian American in a densely populated eastern region not NY with lots of different kinds of minorities and ethnicities, though majority White. I never felt uncomfortable nor was I made to, except for maybe a couple of meaningless wisecracks that I shrugged off or gave back to the jerks.

We all have different experiences. Some people feel bad about being Armenian because of their exeperiences or their upbringing or just the way they are. Thank you for this article. As a 1st generation Armenian born in the US, I do not identity as white but do identify as someone who has been able to benefit from white privilege.

While we are external to that, many of us have been able to benefit from white privilege. To some extent it managed to encompass all of Europe and then West Asia. Armenians who are constantly bickering over this tired topic are wasting their time. It is not for the Armenian Highlands to be classified with that term because it erases our claim to the homeland that belongs to us.

We should also remember that so-called Middle-Easterners have discriminated against Armenians since our arrival to the region. For those particular Armenian commentators out there who desperately wish to be White, let me inform you that those White supremacists out there do not and will never accept you as being White; as a matter of fact, they hate all Armenians and are completely on the side of the Turks and Turkbaijanis who also view themselves as being White.

Those ignorant, average Armenian men as well as women need to wake up and realize that there are at least three million Armenian Muslims the vast majority of whom are descendants of Armenian Genocide survivors living in Western Armenia today present-day eastern Turkey. They represent a huge percentage of the worldwide Armenian population, and they happen to be our most valuable resource in getting back our stolen Western Armenian lands.

I have had Armenian ancestors in the US since the late s. As an Indo-European I never thought of myself as anything but white. I am quite fair-skinned, however. I guess many Armenians with darker skin might not consider themselves white? It is a language classification that many languages from India, across Western Asia, and into Europe fall into. Armenian is an Indo-European but that doesnt make us Europeans or Indians.

Now, on the topic of Armenians and whiteness. Yes, currently in h the United States Armenians are considered white, but keep in mind, not but until a few decades ago Armenians were not seen as whites, or equal to whites; therefor, segregating us from other White Americans. The only reason why the United States considers Armenians and other Western Asian people as white is because we have fought for whiteness just to be seen as equals with the rest of white americans.

After all, most of our ancestors came from the oppressive ottoman empire, and we all know how that turned out. Labels like White, Black, etc. Identifying people by continental region is much more appropriate.

This would ensure that people are not tainted by linguistic or cultural labels like Slavic or Arab, and not lumped in together by geopolitical terms like Middle Eastern. Araxie, kudos to you for your analysis. From the outside looking in, it is sad to hear those things coming from the mouths of our Armenian compatriots. Bravo, this was eloquently written and very well thought out. Thank you for this intelligent post. I am Armenian third generation raised in France in the French way and found some similarities between what yuo describe and may own experience.

I was made to despise and reject my Armenian background by my parents and consider myself as fremch. I never engaged with my armeniane side, never read anything about Armenia, never learnt the language.

It also meant I was unable to see the racism and discrimination I have faced BC of my facial features or my name for what they are. I am in my forties and only now do i get to see a glimpse of it and engage in that conversation. Your post is an eye opener. Thank you. Truly tragic. That aside thank you for this bold piece. Armenians are basically part of the white Race or Eurasian if you want to get overly technical. If some Armenians have a problem being White I suggest you build a bridge and get over it.

Saying Armenians are Asian is like saying Greeks are Asians. This is a flawed mentality, no matter how you try to prove it to anyone, just so it fits your narrative. And no matter if you like it or can accept it or not, not all white people are racist. How in earth did white immigrants come from a place of European privilege? The reason, Irish, polish, Italian, Greek, etc. Immigrants came to this country was to escape oppression and poverty. Read a book or two and maybe you will also learn that Armenians are an indo European peaple.

And I have nothing to do with the Middle East. Stop forcing foreign identities on the rest of us. Our culture is based on Judeo-Christianity and Hellenism just like the rest of the West, our language is of Paleo-Balkan branch just like Greek and Albanian.

Genetically we cluster closer to our Caucasian neighbours and other Europeans. If Armenians are poc, so is half of Europe. Apart from small number of diasporans whose ancestors settled in Middle Eastern countries after genocide we have nothing to do with the Middle East. I understand everybody want to be a part of winning team, aka cool kids. To the extend that nobody wants to be white anymore, Slavs, Irish, Italians, Greeks all try to reclaim themselves as poc.

Btw, Finns a scandinavian nation also took to the courts to prove they are white. Because when Blumenbach came up with this Caucasian race, he included all Europeans in that category except Hungarians, Fins and Turks, cause their linguistic ancestors came from Asia.

So everybody from those nations were considered Asiatic. It applied to everyone who came from Ottoman Empire too. No matter if they were Greeks or Armenians or Turks. And every non-wasp white group faced the similar discrimination against them as Armenians.

Everyone wants to join the winning side. Of course Armenians are white. Literally Caucasian genetically linguistically a separate branch of Indo European. Script related to Greek and Latin. Culture ancient Caucasian architecture and more.

My son was born with a Mongolian birthmark. When studying the history of the Mongolian empire it spanned through what is now Armenia. The Mongols asked their conquered people unconditional surrender or genocide. We still remain. Considering that Armenian people may have blended with people east of the Caucus mountains we may have relationships closely tied with Asian people. Whatever the case may be, being a civilization on the ancient silk road lends itself to cultural blending.

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The TikToker is raising eyebrows after sharing the big "culture shock" she faced after relocating to America. Close this content. This is a national trait — treating others and being happy when others like the food. For one whole day the Armenian land, its waters, and their fruit — the apricot, are being praised and celebrated. Have you ever seen a real Armenian apricot? There is a big difference between the Armenian apricot and an apricot which has grown here, in USA, or has been imported from any country over the world.

The color of the Armenian apricot is neither yellow nor orange. If anybody wants to picture this color, he would mix yellow, orange, pink and light burgundy together.

There is also green apricot. Many children in Armenia like to eat this, but once was enough to discourage me from trying it again. Prisoners of war in the aftermath of the most recent conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

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