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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought it was a play on the water bottle brand "aquafina".[/quote]

This. Never occurred to me that it was somehow a slam on AAs. It doesn’t follow a particularly distinctive AA naming style (like LaXXX or XXXXinsha or second syllable apostrophes). It also doesn’t follow the 1980s inspired tradition of synthesized African-style names like Shaniqua.

So what about Awkwafina says AA to you? That it’s an invented name? That it’s a brand name? Neither of those are distinctively AA traits. [/quote]

Personally I think when your using aave and putting on an urban persona for your comedy while calling yourself awkwafina, it’s gone beyond just a play on a water brand [/quote]

She’s from NYC and went to LaGuardia HS. That’s quite urban. Awkwafina really doesn’t have anything to do with African American names.  Perhaps your niggling hints about “urban personas” and such say more about your assumptions and stereotypes than they do about her.

Funny. Well, not funny, but odd.  This is the second thread I’ve read today where someone who doesn’t openly identify as either Black or Asian seems to be trying to stir up trouble between African Americans and Asians.  What a twisted hobby.  [/quote]

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