Roozbeh: As much as I disagree with Google and the US Governments policies regarding this stuff (as it is short sighted, stupid, and just generally wrong), it is by no account racism. Race is something that you can't change, you are born with it, and you get stuck with it. The Google quote you have clearly says citizen, so obviously if an Iranian was a US citizen, they would be of the same race, but allowable under the Google restrictions. So, as much as saying "racism" makes a nice splash, and looks more damning, you really can't make a strong argument for it.
Although this certainly isn't racism at all, it absolutely is fucked, and I hope you can at least get Google to comply with the letter of the law, instead of its overly broad interpretation of it
Posted by tberman at June 4, 2005 12:25 PM