White people

[Anonymous]

There is a good Freakanomics podcast on this.

[Anonymous]

Yep. White people can give their kids all kinds of "unconventional" names and it's not judged as being low class, uneducated, etc. But when black people do it, it's "ghetto."

Honestly, I don't care if people want to name their kids Karsynne or DeMarcus but it should be judged in the same way (or not judged at all). The double standard when it comes to this type of stuff is ridicilous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yep. White people can give their kids all kinds of "unconventional" names and it's not judged as being low class, uneducated, etc. But when black people do it, it's "ghetto."

Honestly, I don't care if people want to name their kids Karsynne or DeMarcus but it should be judged in the same way (or not judged at all). The double standard when it comes to this type of stuff is ridicilous.

It's not a double standard. We also judge Kody and Destiny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:White person here. Yes, I look down on traditionally "ghetto" names such as Tyrone and Laquisha. However this is not unique to White people. Asians, Hispanics, Middle Easterners, middle class African Americans - they all look down on these names.

Tyrone is an Irish name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep. White people can give their kids all kinds of "unconventional" names and it's not judged as being low class, uneducated, etc. But when black people do it, it's "ghetto."

Honestly, I don't care if people want to name their kids Karsynne or DeMarcus but it should be judged in the same way (or not judged at all). The double standard when it comes to this type of stuff is ridicilous.

It's not a double standard. We also judge Kody and Destiny.

Oh, and I'm also judging the Europeans naming their kids Janine and Madison. Basically anything that signals lower socioeconomic class stands out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:White person here. Yes, I look down on traditionally "ghetto" names such as Tyrone and Laquisha. However this is not unique to White people. Asians, Hispanics, Middle Easterners, middle class African Americans - they all look down on these names.

Tyrone is an Irish name.

Tyrone, Jerome, etc are all on the approved list. Ugh, you need to brush up to improve the accuracy of your snobbery.

[Anonymous]

I'd like to say I don't judge, but I probably do. Not something like DeMarcus, that seems pretty standard, but something more out there. But I judge White people names like the ones you mentioned, too. And can I just say, I love the name Iesha. Iesha, you are the girl I never had and I want to get to know you better ...

[Anonymous]

Funny because I used to work about 30 minutes north of Pittsburgh. Pretty much 99.9% white aside from the sprinkles of mixed kids who had no father around and a white mom. My job required me to work with high school and college aged kids. There were so many “black names” to these kids that belonged to Coal miner, steel mill, union welding beer drinking, take opening day of trout and the opening week of deer season off yinzers. It was quite a shock to me being originally from Portsmouth, VA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep. White people can give their kids all kinds of "unconventional" names and it's not judged as being low class, uneducated, etc. But when black people do it, it's "ghetto."

Honestly, I don't care if people want to name their kids Karsynne or DeMarcus but it should be judged in the same way (or not judged at all). The double standard when it comes to this type of stuff is ridicilous.

It's not a double standard. We also judge Kody and Destiny.

Oh, and I'm also judging the Europeans naming their kids Janine and Madison. Basically anything that signals lower socioeconomic class stands out.

Janine?

[Anonymous]

I may mispronounce names. I ask first.

I do not look down on black names. I know many are trying to create or rekindle contact with their own heritage instead of using names stemming from white colonialist/slaveowner culture.

I actually have more bias against white people who make up names. That’s wrong too. I’m working on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First, titling a post "White People" is offensive.

Second, there is a ton of writing on this, which makes me think you're a troll. Here is just one article out of about a billion.

https://www.livescience.com/6569-good-bad-baby-names-long-lasting-effects.html

FWIW, I don't like the weird spellings of names either. To each their own. It's their kid.

Why is the title offensive?

~white woman asking...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep. White people can give their kids all kinds of "unconventional" names and it's not judged as being low class, uneducated, etc. But when black people do it, it's "ghetto."

Honestly, I don't care if people want to name their kids Karsynne or DeMarcus but it should be judged in the same way (or not judged at all). The double standard when it comes to this type of stuff is ridicilous.

It's not a double standard. We also judge Kody and Destiny.

Oh, and I'm also judging the Europeans naming their kids Janine and Madison. Basically anything that signals lower socioeconomic class stands out.

Janine?

Janine is common among lower SES Germans. They pronounce it like "Sha Neen" 

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yep. White people can give their kids all kinds of "unconventional" names and it's not judged as being low class, uneducated, etc. But when black people do it, it's "ghetto."

Honestly, I don't care if people want to name their kids Karsynne or DeMarcus but it should be judged in the same way (or not judged at all). The double standard when it comes to this type of stuff is ridicilous.

Of course it is - don't be ridiculous. My family is from a tiny town out west where all the (white) kids are given made up names, like Bentley, Bryce, Caden, Saylor, Aeverie, Dalton, etc. You don't hear those names here because they are made fun of and judged as being all of the above. Which, to be fair - they usually are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep. White people can give their kids all kinds of "unconventional" names and it's not judged as being low class, uneducated, etc. But when black people do it, it's "ghetto."

Honestly, I don't care if people want to name their kids Karsynne or DeMarcus but it should be judged in the same way (or not judged at all). The double standard when it comes to this type of stuff is ridicilous.

It's not a double standard. We also judge Kody and Destiny.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep. White people can give their kids all kinds of "unconventional" names and it's not judged as being low class, uneducated, etc. But when black people do it, it's "ghetto."

Honestly, I don't care if people want to name their kids Karsynne or DeMarcus but it should be judged in the same way (or not judged at all). The double standard when it comes to this type of stuff is ridicilous.

It's not a double standard. We also judge Kody and Destiny.

Oh, and I'm also judging the Europeans naming their kids Janine and Madison. Basically anything that signals lower socioeconomic class stands out.

Janine?

My thoughts exactly! That name has been around for generations and doesn't strike me as lower class at all.