Arab/Muslim Vignette #1

It’s July, 2002.  The owner of a stationery shop in central California has advertised for a part-time manager/bookkeeper.  One afternoon an employee of the shop overhears the owner say on the phone, “I’m sorry but the position has already been filled.”  But as soon as the she hangs up the owner declares, “There’s no way that I’m going to trust a man named Hakim Al...‘something or other’ to have access to our books.”

Question for the reader: Yes, this is after 9/11 and the caller has
an Arab sounding name, but why is the owner distrusting
this particular Arab or Arab-American?

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