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Posted: May 4, 2011
My husband and I were talking about Middle Eastern people in the US. He is stereotyping these people as owning certain businesses and I told him he was just percieving this different than other people would. He said if I asked 100 people what business was predominantly owned by Middle Eastern people, that they would say one of the two companies he associates with them. I disagreed. So I want to put him to the test. Tell me what business you associated with Middle Eastern's owning. TIA for your help!
By the way, this has nothing to do with anything racial, just stereotyping and am only looking for business names.
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gas stations... subway - do I win a prize
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convenience stores/gas stations... - dln
[ In Reply To ..]...are the first things that come to my mind.
Convenience stores - Tabby
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Motels, gas stations and convenience stores. - nm
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These are great, keep them coming!! - anon
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Disagreement - Fatigued Fingers
[ In Reply To ..]For what it's worth, I've noticed that every single Clark station that I stop at seems to have a guy with a beard and a turban at the cash register. They are always nice and polite.
Here in the town that I live in, in the south, they own (sm) - GaPeachMT
[ In Reply To ..]all of the hotels in the area, the majority of the gas stations and for some odd reason the 3 local Dairy Queens. My husband and I travel quite a bit throughout the spring and summer in the south and find that the majority of the hotels that we stop at are owned by them as well.
Thanks for the responses, but keep them coming - want to tell husband he is so wrong!
[ In Reply To ..]None has mentioned the business he said 'everyone' associates with Middle Eastern people. Just would like a substantial list to tell him definitively he is wrong.
In GA also - AW
[ In Reply To ..]Im a GA Peach also and our Dairy Queens, Subway, Blimpie, gas/conv stores are usually Middle Eastern and hotels also
Convenience stores for sure (7-11s here) - sm - ECMT
[ In Reply To ..]That was my first thought, the motel thing is correct too, at least I have in the past seen either middle eastern descent or Indian running the show.
Gas stations??? - Silly Girl
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Gas station, Middle Eastern restaurants. nm - Rainy
[ In Reply To ..]nm
Gas stations and hotels. I don't even think this - is sterotyping, just fact where I live
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Ok, I asked my husband... - sm
[ In Reply To ..]and he initially said the same thing I did - gas stations/convenience stores or motels. But I told him those weren't what the OP's husband said so dig deeper, and he said liquor stores. Is that it?
They run lots of the gas stations and convenience - stores in Scandinavia, too. nmsg
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I will give it until the weeend to see if I can get many more posts and on Sunday I will reveal the - get everyone to answer
[ In Reply To ..]Want much ammo to say to him, that he is the only one that thinks they own this particular business.
Wait for the big reveal Sunday, in the meantime encourage everyone to answer the poll. TIA
The company was Dunkin Donuts. - anon
[ In Reply To ..]I told him that Dunkin Donuts do not have a bunch of Middle Eastern people who own them, that he is just stereotyping this because he saw a bunch in one of them. Thanks for your input. Was hoping to get more to give him, but at least no one said them.
interesting! (sm) - dln
[ In Reply To ..]that is one I would never have guessed. I live right by a Dunkin Donuts, and I never noticed Middle Eastern people working there though I admit I don't go there very often.
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