The problems with stereotyping depicted in a new Hindi film. This is also a problem I face with my name being distinctly Muslim. http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1129467&pageid=2 News report: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/24/arts/AS-A-E-CEL-India-Shah-Rukh-Khan.php
My name is Khan. Oliver Kahn. Oww thats Kahn Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! My name is Khan. Genghis Khan. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! No, seriously, all my friends here who has an initial name Mohammad, they all "hide" their first name. For example, Mohammad Yudha, Mohammad Ramdan, they are known only as Yudha or Ramdan. Their email address are m_yudha@... or mramdan@... I guess they have somewhat unpleasant experience that make them hide their initial names...
Its also a matter of passports at airports. My dad, who has a bangladeshi passport, gets the most thorough checking at Heathrow or LAX, myself and my mother who have Australian passports, don't get asked anything at all. but we still get checked more thoroughly than others.
