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I guess, for me, I never associate the name Jamal with black - to me it is arabic like Gamal Abdel Nasser. Then again I was born and raised in South America, so
by rburhum 11y ago
I guess, for me, I never associate the name Jamal with black - to me it is arabic like Gamal Abdel Nasser. Then again I was born and raised in South America, so Gamal was not a curious name. It was the name that my "white" brother was given to by my middle eastern dad!
- wambotron 11y agoI initially thought the guy was going to talk about being mistaken for an Arab, but I can see the black angle, too.
- jellicle 11y agoDon't worry, for the purposes of discrimination in the U.S. (and many other places, no doubt), stereotypically Arabic names are just as good as stereotypically African-American names. You're covered either way.