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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you mispronounce and look down on black names?

What would you think of a black man named Mark versus a black man name DeMarcus?

Do you think Mark was raised by a college educated nuclear black family, or was he adopted? Did DeMarcus grow up in subsidized housing never knowing his father?

My name is Arabic, traditionally used in the black community.  After my freshman year of college  I went by the nickname Nicole and the change was obvious.  I was still a black woman, but so there was a privilege in going by Nicole.

I had my children, and gave them top 100 Euro-centralist names, believing this was better for them.

My daughter has friend, a white child from an upper middle class family, named Karsynne.  My son has a boy in his class named Wolff. I know so many white kids with names that are absolutely bizarre, completely made up and I want to kick myself for not naming my daughter Iesha.  I thought I could erase a bit of their blackness, and it would help them navigate.

Seeing my Michael next to a blue eyed, blonde haired little boy named Maverick and I just have to laugh.    [/quote]

So can we just agree that there are lots of really stupid white people who give their kids stupid hipster names, as well as lots of really stupid black people who give their kids really stupid ghetto names?

And then appreciate that we're not all like those examples, and laugh that we both have sons named "Micheal"? Because neither of us is stupid, and gave our kid a stupid name.

(Wollf? Really?!?! JFC...   ) [/quote]

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