Well now…you learn something new every day. Thanks for that.
(I work in a school district with an overwhelmingly Hispanic population. There are over 50 kids in my district with the first name Jamal and only one of them has an Arabic last name. Most of the others have Hispanic last names. I never knew the name was actually Arabic in origin.)
That’s interesting too! I live in West Los Angeles and the only Jamal I know is Iranian. Looking online though, except for the murdered journalist Jamal Kashoggi, I’m seeing mostly Black sports stars. So, still racist, as expected.
Not just racists. For lots of Americans the only exposure to the name is African Americans. That in and of itself isn’t racist. Not to say they don’t take it to a racist place but still
Jamal is Arabic but yes
Well now…you learn something new every day. Thanks for that.
(I work in a school district with an overwhelmingly Hispanic population. There are over 50 kids in my district with the first name Jamal and only one of them has an Arabic last name. Most of the others have Hispanic last names. I never knew the name was actually Arabic in origin.)
That’s interesting too! I live in West Los Angeles and the only Jamal I know is Iranian. Looking online though, except for the murdered journalist Jamal Kashoggi, I’m seeing mostly Black sports stars. So, still racist, as expected.
For the racists, Jamal is considered a stereotypical black name.
Also, why do I suspect that the sex trafficker of minors pronounces Julio as “jool-ee-o”?
Not just racists. For lots of Americans the only exposure to the name is African Americans. That in and of itself isn’t racist. Not to say they don’t take it to a racist place but still