The Persian Primer: How to Understand and Properly Make Fun of Iranian-Americans
Dr. Ali Binazir
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Posted 05.25.2011
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Who's making fun of Iranians? Nobody. Except for Iranians themselves. Most likely, this shortcoming stems from a lack of familiarity with the endearing quirks of Iranian culture that would lend themselves to proper parody.
