Nilla Wayfarers wrote:Liberty and Linguistics wrote:
That's not at all what anyone here was suggesting.
What I'm hearing from you is "no, no, don't you dare consider the possibilities that it was a terrorist because of the suspect's name, that's raaacist!"
Yeah. It is racist. Suspecting someone of a heinous crime like this because of their name is racist. And your claim that having an Arabic name increases the likelihood of being a terrorist breaks the rules of probability.
If I changed my name to something Arabic, does that suddenly increase my chances of being a terrorist? No.
To suspect someone because of their name is racist
When the assailant is identified as a particular race, it's fair to suspect their motives.