Possibly Racist Facebook Marketplace Question

[ChiefsFanatic]

So, I am about as left as possible. I don't care what any of you say or think about liberals. No offense meant by that.

I am looking for a new car for my daughter who is a junior at NWMST. I have been looking on Facebook Marketplace, and there are so many cars posted by people with Latino and Middle Eastern sounding last names, and they often have several cars listed, but don't appear to be advertising on behalf of a dealership.

Why? Are these postings legitimate? Maybe I am crazy, but I was just browsing and out of 20 cars I looked at, not a single one was posted by a regular sounding American or European name. There were no Smiths, which is the most common last names in the United States. There were no Johnsons, or Jones, Williams, or Browns, Jacksons, or Andersons, etc. Instead there were Acosta, Hasanin, Mrayyan, Rangel, Valdez, etc. It just strikes me as strange that most of these people also have multiple vehicles listed for sale,without the appearance of being a car dealer.

So, being the left of the middle person that I am, I feel sorta bad about asking this question, like I am judging people by their race based on their last name, but I think Chiefsplanet has a diverse group members with no shortages of opinions, and with knowledge in many different areas.

So, can anyone answer the questions? Since I haven't posted since last year, and haven't visited in a few months, there may be some new protocols I am breaking, or more additions to the lexicon I should be siting. I mean, I just looked through some threads and didn't see a single your and idiot, or antifreeze, or aids tree referenced.

For the tl;rd crowd, why are so many people with foreign sounding names selling multiple cars on Facebook Marketplace?

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[Cornstock]

In an attempt to really answer this question, I think it has a lot to do with the differences in entrepreneurial outlook between white millenials and middle eastern and Hispanic millenials. Culturally, white millenials are more traditional in their search for employment, going the standard W2 route, while Hispanics and middle eastern millenials may be more apt to take the self employment/gig economy approach. This offers the obvious freedom of working more flexible hours and not having to work FOR someone. Perhaps a minority may feel disenfranchised by traditional employment (warranted or not, I won't get into that here) and they feel like they wouldn't be able to get ahead as much as if they were working for themself.

I, for one, would hate that type of employment. Lack of stability and benefits scares me. But many of my friends of minority descent embrace it.

Neither approach is exclusive to a race, obviously, but there are socioeconomic factors that may prompt a move towards one form of employment vs another.

[Two-Twenty]

Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic

So, I am about as left as possible. I don't care what any of you say or think about liberals. No offense meant by that.

So, being the left of the middle person that I am, I feel sorta bad about asking this question, like I am judging people by their race based on their last name, but I think Chiefsplanet has a diverse group of members with no shortages of opinions, and with knowledge in many different areas.

For the tl;rd crowd, why are so many people with foreign sounding names selling multiple cars on Facebook Marketplace?

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[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Two-Twenty

You've clearly never met any number of this collection of freaks.