African-American Name for White Child?

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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...)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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...)

Natural born US citizens cannot be kicked out for ANY reason.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

This made me smile. I have a Finn Paragas. Our last name is Philipino (although could sound hispanic or even greek!) and first name Irish (from my side of family). It works for us.

love Finn Paragas! I'm also Filipino (it's Filipino with an F, btw!) with a Spanish last name and Scottish first name. Everyone expects me to speak Spanish until the realize I'm Filipino, not Hispanic. I love "mixed" names like this.

[Anonymous]

OP is a troll. Let's end this thread now before it gets even more racist.

Fried Chicken poster ... no matter how much you think of yourself, you will never be more than a piece of shit for vocalizing that one.

[Anonymous]

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.

Thank you for explaining this, 12:41. I actually think the history behind our mixed family is fascinating and fail to see how any of my posts could come across as insecure... maybe you are confusing me with someone else. For example, my grandfathers fought on opposing sides in World War II, and yet behaved like perfect gentlemen when my parents met and decided to marry - which I think is lovely.

But let's get back to arguing about names

[Anonymous]

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.

I have to agree that it's somewhat based on insecurity or else why would you feel the need to brag about your "fancy schmancy high $$$ school?" (And how in the heck do you earn a grad degree from a high school anyway?)

[Anonymous]

My white aunt, whose last name was "Gee" (Irish), was a school teacher in California. She said she lost count of how many job interviews she went to where the interviewer looked at her with disappointment and said, "Oh, we thought you were Asian."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn't Joaquin Phoenix go by "Leaf" Phoenix as a child actor?

Nope. River, Joaquin, Leaf and Summer were all siblings.... (I think there was even one more but I don't remember)

And I believe their hippie parents chose Phoenix as the family last name.

[Anonymous]

The five siblings were River, Rain, Liberty, Summer, and Joaquin. Joaquin went by "Leaf" as a child actor.

[Anonymous]

... and their real last name was something unfortunate like "Bottom" or "Bottoms."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My college crush was Darius-he was 100% Iranian.

That's because Darius is actually the name of the First King of Persia (today known as Iran), but so many people Caucasian, African Americans, etc. think it's an African American name. But it's not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I also forgot to mention that his middle name is William, and in the past he sent out his resume with both names, and guess what? He got a call for a job interview under the name William and not the Arabic name! This happened twice in the last 10 years! What does that tell you?

My recommendation your cousin should name him whatever she likes! Why give in to this ignorant society??? Why can't pepole be different, it's actually annoying when you have to differentiate among Suzy R., Suzy D., Suzy J.....