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This was my read on this too. foreigny name ergo not trustworthy. The same point could have been made just as well with "Honest Joe's Used Car and Certs."
by roywiggins 11y ago
This was my read on this too. foreigny name ergo not trustworthy. The same point could have been made just as well with "Honest Joe's Used Car and Certs."
- ixtli 11y agoNot sure I agree. In a north eastern accent "ahnest ackmed" has a bit of a rhyme to it that has a hint of sleezy used car sales. Also interesting is that people took issue with the name _potentially_ eluding to a cultural (names dont imply race in this instance) stereotype instead of the _direct_ stereotype about the uncles. EDIT: To be clear I'm not condoning casual racism. It's just that while I wasn't aware of a middle eastern stereotype about sleezy used car sales, I was aware of the one no one mentioned about the uncles which was pretty much direct.
- jheriko 11y agothere is a stereotype of arabs as thieves and conmen. "you thieving arab" etc. it think its there due to piracy and the barbary wars... as a guess i also think i am the only one who really took any issue, and its half-hearted at best. i know i shouldn't be offended - but i am.
- manicdee 11y agoOr Uncle Mahmoud's genuine Persian rug emporium, going off the way that every helpful person in Istanbul has an uncle selling rugs in the market.