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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone named Butch isn’t being raised by people who care about manners or ethics. [/quote]

This. The question is what type of people would choose those names.

For example, I’d be willing to bet money that black people with classical names do better in life than the ones with the “unique” spelling names, despite them both having the same skin, because it shows the attitudes of the parents and how the kids are growing up.[/quote] You have no idea the magnitude of discrimination and the ignorance that comes with being melanated, let alone, having a uniquely spelled name but still we rise. Your hate will never stop this glow, not in a million years, it actually makes it brighter. We are flattered that you are constantly thinking about us though.🥰[/quote]

DP. I don’t think it was fair for the PP to specifically pick on AA names with unique spellings when there are plenty of white names with creative spellings (thinking of all the Kayleighs and Jaxxons out there).

From what I’ve found, the people who pick these types of oddly spelled names are usually lower income (although conversely in some cases wealthy). Whereas UMC worry more about appearances to make sure their kid is not lumped in with the lower class.

And statistically there are ties between behavioral issues and socioeconomic status. So I think people link bad behavior and/or trashiness to these types of names. Of course some kids rise above, which is great. But the knee jerk reaction for many people is to have negative associations with these names, which is unfair, but this reaction exists.[/quote]

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