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Georgia Apple Store Refuses To Sell iPad To Iranian-American Teen

Posted by timothy on from the cultural-profiling dept.

pdclarry writes "An Iranian-American teenager was told by an Apple store employee that they could not sell her an iPad because it would violate U.S. trade restrictions. She returned to the store with a camera crew from a local TV station and was again turned down. Apparently an Apple employee heard her speaking Farsi. As he was also of Iranian extraction he recognized the language and used this as a basis for refusal."

2 of 1,116 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Poetic Justice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What if it's an Iranian homosexual?

  2. Re:Incoming... by bky1701 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Flamebait? I can see some Apple fans got mod points today and would like to censor.

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