Anyone with a last name ending in ‘-ian’ is likely Armenian. Most Armenians who settled in America when Kim’s family did are from a VERY long-persecuted minority in Turkey. Initially in America, they were NOT accepted as European or as ‘white’ as in ‘white privilege.’ They were perceived as Middle Eastern people. They were Christian Middle Eastern people. (Armenia was the first country to accept Christianity.) Living in a part of the world dominated by Islam, Kim’s branch became dominated by the Ottomans — the Turks.
