00:00:45.580We should definitely blame it on that.
00:00:46.460But you, you know, you, you, what do you think about, you know, black men, when you say black men, what do you think about it?
00:00:51.540I never even thought about it because obviously that when I was living in Iran, I hardly see any black guy.
00:00:58.800But when you came here, when you came here, what do you think about it?
00:01:02.760When I came here, so obviously we didn't have conversation when I came here, but then I was looking around because obviously England is very, um, diverse.
00:01:11.680It's very multicultural and I think one of the reasons I started to learn before learning from Neda is living in the country with diversity.
00:01:21.240What did you, so the, earlier you were talking about like fat acceptance too.
00:01:26.520That was something your daughter, was that something your daughter taught you?
00:01:29.340So I think, um, she makes me aware, she maybe, in terms of the word, maybe not teaching is the right word, but she makes me think twice.
00:01:40.460She makes me think about what I'm saying.
00:01:42.540She makes me think about what I believe and my culture.
00:01:46.040And I kind of feel like, oh, my culture was shit.
00:01:48.840I don't like my culture, I don't want to be like, I don't want to be traditional Persian.
00:01:53.580It's not just about black people, by the way.
00:01:55.140Iranians just, I don't know, because of the Persian Empire or whatever.
00:02:13.340Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean, it's the Greeks, the Jews, they're like, it's, yeah, so it's not only, it's not only one, just there is this, there is this arrogance in the Iranian culture, obviously not like individuals, but just in the culture of we're the best, we did this, unfortunately, but I feel like it's, it's, it's, um, it's, it's a little sad to me that you don't see anything to be proud of from your culture.
00:02:39.080You don't, it doesn't seem like you find anything to be proud of from your culture.
00:02:43.100Yeah, no, I, I do proud, I, I don't think I've heard you say like one positive, and I understand a lot of that's negative.
00:02:48.600No, because we were talking about the racism, that sort of things, I'm not proud at all, and I'm going to say it, I'm saying it.
00:02:56.400The Persian Empire did a lot, I mean, King Cyrus the Great, it was the first, he wrote the first declaration of human rights was written in Persia, before that there was no human rights, there was no declaration of it, and freed slaves, and, um, I don't know,
00:03:12.080we owned like 52% of the world, and we, I say, the Persian Empire did, and, um, it was, you know, letting people choose their religion and all of that, so there's a lot of good that's in our culture, but also don't forget, we, uh, there was a revolution, how many years ago?
00:03:42.080She has like, um, anger management with her dad, because she said to me, Mommy, I think daddy needs, um, anger management, and I'm doing it with him, I'm teaching him, when she's, when he's angry, he doesn't know what he's saying, he just quickly saying it.
00:03:57.080And she, he's really upsetting me, and I know he doesn't mean to do that, but because he's angry, he just let it out.
00:04:04.080So, and I think my ex really listening to her, and I think she's got a really, you know, good impact on, on both of us.
00:04:14.080I wanted to ask you, was there an element of discomfort for you, when you go with your current partner, because obviously he's not Iranian, he's black either.
00:04:22.080As, as you said, I, I might come across that I'm not proud of my culture.
00:04:27.080There's another side of me that I'm such a proud Persian girl, because I think Iranian people are the most, uh, friendliest and kindest, and you know, they're, they're always looking on a positive side of things.
00:04:41.080They're always looking for a, enjoy every moment.
00:04:44.080And I, I, I think there are so many good qualities in Iranian, which I, if I want to talk about it, it's a lot.
00:20:36.060You challenge me quite well and I find it difficult.
00:20:40.060But from the other side, I find it amazing because you made me think about so many things and you all with the conversation I never thought before.
00:20:50.060And I kind of, you kind of make me aware of actually, and tonight probably when I'm going to bed, I'm going to think, oh, when she asked me that question, that's interesting.
00:20:58.060Actually, I am this or I am that or maybe I'm not comfortable talking about this and that.
00:21:03.060So for me, it was like a wonderful experience.