#Can't I have a Persian lil pal who isn't a terrorist
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Not to be bitter on main but honestly I'm so bitter that there is practically zero good rep of my nationality in like popular media
#I'm going through Persian mcu characters btw#And like#We have that fuckass president who fucked OUR lives over horribly#Like#Come on#Can't I have a Persian lil pal who isn't a terrorist#Please#Pretty please#istg we're not terrorists FFS#kevtalks#Kevcries more like#Am I being a lil bitch? Maybe but honestly it hurts to see ZERO good rep in one of my favourite media pieces#Like not just X-Men#In community the dean mentions a Persian barista and I jumped for joy over nothing literally NOTHING#there was another mention of Iran and it was to talk about how being gay is punishable by death and it was a joke#So yeah#And the funniest thing is that Persian people are EVERYWHERE#I kid you not literally we're EVERYWHERE#but yeah sure we don't exist unless we're terrorists lovely#Oh and don't get me started on the little gem presentation that we have and it's all full hijab like babe#Babe please#After Mahsa? Really? Bestie.#NOT TO SAY WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO BE HIJABI ON THEIR OWN VOLITION BTW#but yeah it's about the CHOICE#why do I keep getting political at the end of everything nowadays my bad#Anyway goodnight I'm going back to my hiding hole#Also I do know there are other Persian characters in xmen like my guy dariush but I literally had to#Dig to find some so you know#I wouldn't call that good rep really#They're all ancient too like come on gimme my y2k Persian bitches y'all we ATE trust
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