African-American Name for White Child?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since this is anamyous...

My husband (a white guy) has a pretty typical AA name. People assume he's black and he's even had people TELL him "I thought you were black".

In social situations, his response is almost always: "I am...in my pants"

It makes the point that they are stereotyping based on name and so he'll just do the same...and he is rather gifted...but I've never been with a brother (or 500) so I don't know if that rumor is true.

This is too funny, talk about having the final say in a conversation! Does anyone ever have a comeback.

[Anonymous]

"My husband always joked about giving our kids "AA" names in the hopes that it would help them get into a good college when they're trying to fill the minority quotient, since you're not required by law to disclose your race. He thought it was so funny. "

LOL! Did it occur to your brainy DH that the school doesn't make its "quota" on applicants that do not check the box? There isn't a data field for student didn't check the box but might be a minority. If your children inherited your DH's intelligence then they probably will have a hard time getting into a good college. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I teach Pre-K to mostly Latino children. Over the years I've had Latino boys in my class named

Franklin
Wilson
Jefferson
William
Johannes
Darwin
Alvin
Joachim
Andrew

Really opened my eyes.

total snark comment alert - harder to deport Franklin fernandez than Juan fernandez.

You should have wrote "total comment that shows my stupidity"

The children are born here in the US - making them US citizens. (And yes, I realize the US citizens could be kicked out of the country under rare and certain circumstances...)

If you are going to call someone stupid, you ought to be able to do it in a grammatically correct sentence. "You should have written...". Moron.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My children have French, Japanese and Vietnamese names because that is their heritage. Since they look completely asian, people look a little confused when I talk to them in French and call them by their French name

Stop assuming.

You seem insecure. I've seen you on several threads talking about how strange you think your family is, the gulf between appearance and names, etc. In this area, it's pretty safe to assume most people know about the history of French involvement in Indochina, so I have to believe that any "confusion" you perceive stems from your own issues.

Oh you are SO wrong. I am well educated w/ a grad degree from a fancy schmancy high $$$ school, and only vaguely in the deepest recesses of my mind did I have a recollection of the French being involved w/ Indochina. I'm not the smartest cookie around, but in comparison to the general population, I am very well read and well educated. Trust me, MANY people have no idea (1) what Indochina is (2) or that the French ever had anything to do with it.

And I don't perceive the poster w/ F, J, V names in her family to be insecure - she has an unusual situation and notes that people react to it with surprise. Not insecurity - reality.

Hmmmmm I go to community college and I know about the French in Vietnam and Indochine. In fact I tried to use my French when I was in Vietnam in 2008, but only the old people speak French, it has been that long ago. Lots of people speak English, Russian (I guess the communist influence.)
Really we are not all so uneducated even if we didn't go to grad school and pay lots for college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My children have French, Japanese and Vietnamese names because that is their heritage. Since they look completely asian, people look a little confused when I talk to them in French and call them by their French name

Stop assuming.

You seem insecure. I've seen you on several threads talking about how strange you think your family is, the gulf between appearance and names, etc. In this area, it's pretty safe to assume most people know about the history of French involvement in Indochina, so I have to believe that any "confusion" you perceive stems from your own issues.

Oh you are SO wrong. I am well educated w/ a grad degree from a fancy schmancy high $$$ school, and only vaguely in the deepest recesses of my mind did I have a recollection of the French being involved w/ Indochina. I'm not the smartest cookie around, but in comparison to the general population, I am very well read and well educated. Trust me, MANY people have no idea (1) what Indochina is (2) or that the French ever had anything to do with it.

And I don't perceive the poster w/ F, J, V names in her family to be insecure - she has an unusual situation and notes that people react to it with surprise. Not insecurity - reality.

Hmmmmm I go to community college and I know about the French in Vietnam and Indochine. In fact I tried to use my French when I was in Vietnam in 2008, but only the old people speak French, it has been that long ago. Lots of people speak English, Russian (I guess the communist influence.)
Really we are not all so uneducated even if we didn't go to grad school and pay lots for college.

I learned about French involvement in Vietnam from a French sandwich in a Vietnamese restaurant!

[Anonymous]

21:04 here. As soon as I saw that brie in the sandwich, the connections began!

[Anonymous]

Shaquille O'Neal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"My husband always joked about giving our kids "AA" names in the hopes that it would help them get into a good college when they're trying to fill the minority quotient, since you're not required by law to disclose your race. He thought it was so funny. "

LOL! Did it occur to your brainy DH that the school doesn't make its "quota" on applicants that do not check the box? There isn't a data field for student didn't check the box but might be a minority. If your children inherited your DH's intelligence then they probably will have a hard time getting into a good college. Good luck!

Not so funny. I know a family whose sons have names that sound AA with a Jewish surname. No AA family. Right up there with the blond waspy kid that checked American Indian . Possible 1/16 and the part of that ancestor was not 100%. Got into every college and only applied to what would have been reach schools.

[Anonymous]

It's completely unrelated, but there is a little black girl in my girlfriends kindergarten class named La-a. How is that pronounced? Ladasha.

I just about died laughing the first time I heard it.

p.s I'm not racist, race is just relevant for this thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since this is anamyous...

My husband (a white guy) has a pretty typical AA name. People assume he's black and he's even had people TELL him "I thought you were black".

This reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where he was dating this woman Nancy Chang who wasn't Chinese but who loved to say her name was Nancy Chang on the phone. And people would be really disappointed when they met her, and sort of felt like she was deliberately trying to deceive them.

Back to the AA name, I would be concerned about what would SURELY be the reaction, "Why the hell do you think she named him that?" (because believe me, they will only say it behind her back).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since this is anamyous...

My husband (a white guy) has a pretty typical AA name. People assume he's black and he's even had people TELL him "I thought you were black".

In social situations, his response is almost always: "I am...in my pants"

It makes the point that they are stereotyping based on name and so he'll just do the same...and he is rather gifted...but I've never been with a brother (or 500) so I don't know if that rumor is true.

LMFAO

[Anonymous]

This thread has splintered into a truly amazing confection of the historical hierarchy of monarchs in Iran, the colonization and imperialistic relationship between France and Indochina (and Belgium and the Congo), name games with rhyming AA names, and ignorant racism.

Can't say I could have predicted that, but it is a pretty zesty blend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's completely unrelated, but there is a little black girl in my girlfriends kindergarten class named La-a. How is that pronounced? Ladasha.

I just about died laughing the first time I heard it.

p.s I'm not racist, race is just relevant for this thread

Not only have two people already mentioned this upthread, but it is an urban legend. So no, you don't have a friend with a "little black girl" in her class with that name. Also, when telling people "I'm not racist" does not make telling racist jokes or perpetuating racist stereotypes okay. This whole thread is sickening.

[Anonymous]

Seriously! Why don't people check Snopes before they post this crap.

http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/le-a.asp

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here's the thing - my DD is named Parisia, which is a farsi name. We are white, and she has blonde hair and blue eyes. We chose the name because we think it is beautiful. But every time someone asks what her name is, we have to get into some whole conversation justifying why we chose it, and that can be very irritating.

The thing is PP, you do not have to have that conversation. Even if someone is rude enough to ask why would chose the name a simple "becasue we like it" should be enough to shut them up.

I totally agree because people always assume. My husband is African American, but his name is Arabic. And every single time, we are asked the same question. It's really none of their business and then I would answer their question with a question about their name? Once you start playing that game, they stop.

Why is it suddenly UN-PC to ask questions regarding ethnicity and quite possibly religion? My maiden name was a zinger. So I was asked all sorts of questions. I never took offense. One of my student's parents even mispronounced it by calling me Ms. Calzone! I laughed for months after. Did I label him ignorant? certainly! But that's all he knew. So I addressed it and moved on. When you ignore these situations, they only become worse.

So pick your panties out of your ass cracks and stop whining!