The True Origins of White Hatred: How Arab Supremacy Targeted Iranians First

The True Origins of White Hatred: How Arab Supremacy Targeted Iranians First
By Bobby Darvish, Conservative Christian Iranian-American

White hatred didn’t start in Europe or America—it began when Arab imperialists first invaded and targeted us Iranians. After the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century, a deep-seated campaign to erase Iranian identity was unleashed, rooted not just in religious domination but in racial and cultural supremacy. The Arabs coined the term Ajam, a slur that, in their minds, categorized Persians and other non-Arabs as inferior. Ajam literally means “mumbler,” used to insult Indo-European languages like Persian and Greek for not sounding as “pure” or “eloquent” as Arabic. But this wasn’t merely linguistic mockery—it was a brutal tool of subjugation.

Historical accounts document how Iranians caught speaking Persian instead of Arabic were often punished, and in extreme cases, had their tongues cut out. This was more than a war on language—it was a war on race, memory, and heritage. The invaders sought to transform a noble, literate, and powerful Indo-European civilization into a submissive extension of the Arab-Muslim empire.

What’s more disturbing is that this Arab-originated white hatred continues today—adopted even by Muslim converts and radicalized Iranians themselves, who have been mentally colonized into hating their own Indo-European roots. They view Arab language, Arab customs, and Arab religion as superior, condemning anything "white" or Iranian as inferior, sinful, or even un-Islamic. This self-loathing is the bitter fruit of centuries of spiritual and racial colonization, a legacy of Islamic imperialism that still poisons minds today.

As a Christian Iranian-American, I reject the legacy of Ajam. I reject the false Arab supremacy imposed through Islam. Our ancestors were poets, warriors, scientists, and kings—not “mumblers” or slaves. Christianity liberated my soul and reconnected me to the divine truth that God made all people in His image—without Arab supremacy, without racial caste, and without forced submission to a foreign empire masquerading as religion.

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