Because we all know how pervasive anti-Arab, anti-black, etc, stereotypes are in "pop culture and media." As is well known, Hollywood is full of corporate raci

Because we all know how pervasive anti-Arab, anti-black, etc, stereotypes are in "pop culture and media." As is well known, Hollywood is full of corporate racist fascist pigs. Which is why we see so many films promoting racism and fascism. I'm sure it's just the same in France. Yes, that was satire. Another possibility - improbable, I know - is that there are actually statistical differences between Frenchmen and Arabs. As a smart guy, you might enjoy this essay on pattern recognition: http://isteve.blogspot.com/2010/10/war-on-pattern-recognition.html http://isteve.blogspot.com/2010/10/war-on-pattern-recognitio... Someone else posted George Akerlof's paper on asymmetric information: http://web.usal.es/~emmam/Docencia/Modelizacion/papers/The%20market%20for%20lemons.pdf http://web.usal.es/~emmam/Docencia/Modelizacion/papers/The%2...