Not sure I agree. In a north eastern accent "ahnest ackmed" has a bit of a rhyme to it that has a hint of sleezy used car sales. Also interesting is that people took issue with the name _potentially_ eluding to a cultural (names dont imply race in this instance) stereotype instead of the _direct_ stereotype about the uncles.

EDIT: To be clear I'm not condoning casual racism. It's just that while I wasn't aware of a middle eastern stereotype about sleezy used car sales, I was aware of the one no one mentioned about the uncles which was pretty much direct.

there is a stereotype of arabs as thieves and conmen.

"you thieving arab" etc.

it think its there due to piracy and the barbary wars... as a guess

i also think i am the only one who really took any issue, and its half-hearted at best. i know i shouldn't be offended - but i am.

Or Uncle Mahmoud's genuine Persian rug emporium, going off the way that every helpful person in Istanbul has an uncle selling rugs in the market.