Socio-racial survey for Armenian members

[XxgoeyxX]

Just let it be, bro. Lol but no inter-racial sh*t. haha, not my style.

Are you sure Hayq??..I can swear I remember you talking about a marrying a smart white religous girl and something about psychology.


Your so funny.

[!EEK]

14 votes for white....I wonder who voted "Asian"..

*slowly turns his eyes and looks at Thai Samurai

Why isn't it a poll where we can see who voted what

[!EEK]

Oh , ok so I was wrong.

*not looking at Thai Anymore

[xBaron Dants]

Jahannam raises a good point, that I wish to stretch a bit further.

Armenian culture has developed in two main cities, Constantinople and Tiflis.

The culture developed in Constantinople was highly influenced by European countries, France being the most important of them. Tiflis was influenced more by Russia.

At the same time, however, the Armenian villages were obviously influenced by the surrounding environment, which was comprised of Persians, Turks, Kurds, Arabs, Greeks, yevayln.

So as we can see, our "urban culture" (literature, classical music,yevayln) tends to be more "Western" or "European", while our "earthly culture" (traditions, yevayln) are more influenced by the region.

Perfect combination in my opinion.

Btw, Jahannam, I find it surprising that you feel closer to Arabic culture than Armenian. It's definitely not the case for my family...

[Hayq]

"Are you sure Hayq??..I can swear I remember you talking about a marrying a smart white religous girl and something about psychology. "

Inter racial and inter ethnic is different. Inter racial as White and BLack, Yellow and Black, White and Yellow. Armenians techniically are white, but European, some are and some others.

[Azgaser]

I don't understand this.

[XxgoeyxX]

Inter racial and inter ethnic is different. Inter racial as White and BLack, Yellow and Black, White and Yellow. Armenians techniically are white, but European, some are and some others.

You are funny....I was right Again.

[Tigranes]

Interesting. 15 out of 20 are Armenians.
75% is not bad at all.
Lets make it 100%.

[Tigranes]

I wouldn't call it "closer"...
I love Armenian music... and khorovadz and Herisa!
but when I'm on the dance floor lets say... I'd rather hear Amr Diab singing than Tata lol
so it depends on the mood.

We Armenians do not differentiate Tata and Amr Diab. It's the same non-Armenian filth. Armenian folk music is reminiscent to Irish and Greeks folk music. The stuff that Diasporans call "kef" music and Armenians from ROA and CIS call "rabiz" music has nothing Armenian in it.

I don't blame you for what you are, it's not your fault you ended up in that God forsaken middle east because of the Genocide. However, I do blame you and others like you for not aspiring to embrace your Western culture dropping the oriental influences that was forced on to you.

[Tigranes]

if you think that ALL of us should've chosen "white european"... since you say...

then, with all my respect, you've asked the main question the wrong way.

specially for those of us born and raised in the diaspora, culture and race become two very different aspects!
now in my case I was raised in the middle east (syria).
so what happens? as soon as I enter the thread and I see "which describes you best culturally..." , I think "middle eastern"... why? you ask? because despite of the fact that I'm racially a "white/caucasian" and everytime I fill out an application, that's what I choose, when it comes to "culture", I prefer arabic food and music over Armenian, I've read more arabic books than Armenian, I'm more familiar with arabic social traditions because I was raised among those people!.
and so I vote Middle Eastern!
and I think the fact that you used the word "cultural" before "racial" kinda helped.
now if you would please be respectful of others. storming out at people because they didn't make the "right choices" according to YOU (which, you shouldn't have started a poll to start out with, if you thought ALL of us would describe ourselves as "european") won't get you anywhere.

My apologies for not elaborating.

I believe that for one to be Armenian they ahve to be both racially and culturally Armenian. Same goes to Italians, Hellenes, Germanics, Celts, Slavs etc.

For example, millions of Turks are racially/biologically White/European whose ancestors where Armenians, Greeks and other Europeans but culturally and mentally they are not. 70% of Albanians are not White/European because they have a foreign non-Western culture and their religion is islam, same goes to Bosniaks, Chechens, Tatars (turkified finns) etc.