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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She will be viewed as a perpetual foreigner/immigrant if you name her Zainab. I say this as someone who was born in the US with an East African name.[/quote]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but having a name like Jennifer doesn't change that fact. Some people will still assume. Embrace who you are anyway.

- 3nd gen American who is still thought to be foreigner/immigrant because of what i look like[/quote]
Yes but being asked if you need a translator (based solely on your "foreign" name) before you have even opened your mouth to speak is definitely somewhat insulting.[b] I probably wouldn't have had that experience if my name was Jennifer[/b] (to use your example).

Nobody wants to be seen as a perpetual foreigner when they're 100% American.[/quote]

Im sorry, no

Im the PP. Even though our family has non European ancestry, we all have bland Biblical names (so not Jedidiah.) It's because of our heritage not because we are trying to be Western.

Im not going to post it here but my name is one 3 and 4 year olds know in the U.S.

I often supply the name to receptionists in the Midwest where I live and they immediately ask me to spell it. There are no variations of my name.

See they didn't listen at all. Their experiences have trained them to believe i look like someone who should have an unspellable name. Im not thinking badly of them. Their experiences are their own.

So in their mind if you don't look like a "Jennifer" they will just assume you have picked a Western name like lots of Asians do.
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