Reminder that under US law, Afghans and Moroccans are considered White, but Spaniards aren't

@_Zojka Wtf? Almost the entire right column, except Armenia, isn't white at all.

@Orestis_T @_Zojka I would argue that Persian Iranians are white.

@ModerateIowan @Orestis_T @_Zojka you can’t lol they’re brown as shit

@sumiliation @ModerateIowan @Orestis_T @_Zojka armenians and iranians are identical. i say this as an armenian iranian, of whom there are many.

@floweringtale @ModerateIowan @Orestis_T @_Zojka yea ik that’s why they’re brown

@sumiliation @ModerateIowan @Orestis_T @_Zojka well, no. racial categories are a construct. west asians with steppe ancestry. we can be as ‘brown’ as mia khalifa or as ‘white’ as kimiya hosseini.

@floweringtale @ModerateIowan @Orestis_T @_Zojka okay but armenians and iranians don’t have a lot steppe dna majority of their dna is caucasus hunter gatherer or zagros farmer

@sumiliation @ModerateIowan @Orestis_T @_Zojka i agree; steppe ancestry in armenians and iranians is like ~5–30% and varies a lot per individual. most importantly, similar ranges can be seen across many southern european and west asian ethnicities, which is one of many reasons why racial categories are nonsense.