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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know it as a Hawaiian name. I think it’s a terrible name for someone not connected to Hawaii. I envision the opposite of a stereotypical “Harvard grad.”[/quote]

Agree[/quote]

+1 feels like cultural appropriation [/quote]

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Get educated.  Whose culture do you think you're appropriating?[/quote]

Hawaiian/Polynesian [/quote]

Honestly, this is more offensive than whatever "appropriation" you're decrying. Just because *you* think of the name as Hawaiian/Polynesian (which btw is already a vast oversimplification) doesn't mean that you are the authority on what culture "owns" Kai. It's a common name in Japan, China, Wales, German, Finland, and yes Hawaii... but you think that just because you know it as Hawaiian means that people from outside of Hawaii using it are appropriating the name?

That would be like me saying "Oh, I think of Omar as an Egyptian name, so if you're not from Egypt and you use it you're engaging in cultural appropriation." Even though I'm not Egyptian and Omar is a name that, like Kai, has been used in all sorts of cultures and religious traditions across the world. 
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