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Originally Posted by milti girl
Aryans are supposed to be the 'fair' race and the upper caste (they're believed to have come from somewhere in Europe, Greece or something like that, and Europenan blood is so cool! - that's what the general thought is, I think.) I don't think this has been influenced by Hitler. It's been a matter of Indian pride for thousands of years. Most Indian gods are also depicted as fair and beautiful. So if a girl is exceptionally pretty you'll hear people say she looks just like a goddess. And it's mostly just the fact that fair skin is seen as more healthy for some reason.
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You're right. It's not influenced by Hitler. The Aryan race is a very old concept, and the fairer skinned people (who look a bit Persian) have their fair genes from their Indo-European ancestors who came to the Indus Valley around 2000 BC +- 1000 years. The name of modern day Iran is derived from "Aryan" and means something like "Land of the Aryans" or similar iirc. Hitler's use of the term had little to do with the milennia old concept of Aryan.