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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

Well so silly.  Maybe you should look down on your own ignorance. Did you not know that Tyrone is an old name of Irish origins, referring back to a county in Northern Ireland?

Tyrone Power, American sex symbol of the 1930s-50s, hello?

So now you can acknowledge the bigotry of looking down on something just because for some odd reason you associate it with black Americans, which to you automatically means "ghetto". Not because of anything specific to the name itself.

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Actually not silly. You cite 2 examples from long ago. Unfortunately, people have biases and names are one of them. Whether it is a black name (like Laquisha) or a white name like Billy Bob (or most double names) some people will look down on them and not give them opportunities. Wealthy white people have the privilege of naming their kids after products or movie heroes because they can afford their kids the opportunities without relying on others to provide them.

It is what it is and unfortunately that's the way the world works.

AA Man[/quote]

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