Calling little girls "mama"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We Ayrabs do that. Your mother calls you mama, your dad calls you baba, you aunts and uncles call you aunt or uncle (or the Arabic equivalent thereof), and your grandparents do the same. It's a bit strange, but it's harmless I guess.

+1.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's normal in black or Latino communities to call children mama, mami, pop, or papi. I personally call my dd mama pretty much every day. It's only odd if you're not familiar with different cultures I guess.

This is more socioeconomic than race/ethnic. You rarely hear children called mama/papa among my middle to upper income hispanic and black friends (and I'm hispanic). i have, however, heard it among family members in lower socioeconomic classes.

This. My middle class Mexican-American mother would hit the roof if she heard me use that term of endearment with my kids. M'ja/o is okay.

M'ja?

Well that's news to me!! - middle class Mexican mom.

Middle class Mexican from Chihuahua, mija and is the name mi Mamácita calls me. As pp said mijo or mija is used in Mexico, mama or papi is not used too much that I have heard.

What I always though was weird is how they use pendejo/a in Argentina, while in most of Latin America it’s an insult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Basically when you hear a non-Latino/a use it, then you know the user is saying it as a form of cultural appropriation.

you're an ignorant shit-stirrer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's normal in black or Latino communities to call children mama, mami, pop, or papi. I personally call my dd mama pretty much every day. It's only odd if you're not familiar with different cultures I guess.

This is more socioeconomic than race/ethnic. You rarely hear children called mama/papa among my middle to upper income hispanic and black friends (and I'm hispanic). i have, however, heard it among family members in lower socioeconomic classes.

Wow, that is interesting. I didn't know that.

I didn't know that either. I'm from Peru and am an orthodontist. It's common in my family and we are all highly educated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Basically when you hear a non-Latino/a use it, then you know the user is saying it as a form of cultural appropriation.

Uh, I'm from Louisiana and is commonly used by white and black people.

It is pretty astounding to me how spectacularly ignorant the DCUM set is. It is hard for ignorance to shock me given where I grew up. Sometimes I feel like in may ways the DCUM crowd is about as ignorant and sheltered as people who live on the Bayou.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s adorable.

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Anonymous wrote:I've never heard of a young girl being called mama.
Time to get out of my white, umc bubble I guess!

In this day and age, I find calling a 10, and 8 year old little Mamas horrible. So they are only good to grow up and be Mothers right? I had two girls, and they are feminists, believe me, they would not find the term appropriate. I could never see calling my nieces little Mama's. Maybe like a lot of things, this term needs to go, cultural term, or not.

I find calling children things like "sweetie", "honey", and "pumpkin" horrible. So kids are only to be literal food for us right? I have two children, and believe me, they would not find it appropriate if I spoke like I was trying to eat them. I could never see treating any child like they are going to be my dinner. Maybe like a lot of things, these terms need to go.

You’re a peach.

[Anonymous]

Uptight pp, “sweetie” is short for sweetheart. You must be VERY young.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We Ayrabs do that. Your mother calls you mama, your dad calls you baba, you aunts and uncles call you aunt or uncle (or the Arabic equivalent thereof), and your grandparents do the same. It's a bit strange, but it's harmless I guess.

+1.

Yes my husband does this. He's South Asian. I thought it was freaking when he was calling me dada while I was pregnant. It's not a big deal anymore.

[MayaJ]

I am European, and I do it all the time. It's cultural.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just seems like incest, even if it isn’t.

Only to those who want to sexualize everything (like you PP). You need serious therapy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Basically when you hear a non-Latino/a use it, then you know the user is saying it as a form of cultural appropriation.

People from all over the world use it. Which rock have you been hiding under?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it is stupid, please stop and assimilate!

Like the Borg?

[Anonymous]

I call my daughter little girl or chiquita. Son is papito or called by his middle name. Or first and middle. My best friend calls her daughter mama.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's normal in black or Latino communities to call children mama, mami, pop, or papi. I personally call my dd mama pretty much every day. It's only odd if you're not familiar with different cultures I guess.

This is more socioeconomic than race/ethnic. You rarely hear children called mama/papa among my middle to upper income hispanic and black friends (and I'm hispanic). i have, however, heard it among family members in lower socioeconomic classes.

Good for pp for knowing Latino culture and class differences. My upper middle class Latina mother would die if she hears me call my daughter "mami." She does use m'ja with my sister and I though.