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parineumtoday at 6:41 AM1 replyview on HN

Not defending the practice but the Mohammed thing has a possible origin that isn't directly racist. The common names among Muslims and their propensity to appear on various watch lists lead to a lot of false alarms on those with those names.

It may be a racist result but there is a pretty reasonable and understandable reason it happens, ignoring the legality and morality of that kind of tracking as well.


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johnisgoodtoday at 9:32 AM

I hope you extend this understanding to other patterns people recognize and act upon. :)