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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get it. I was raised that the U.S. is a cultural melting pot, and that that's a good thing. Art, language, music, dance, and food all get better when influenced by other cultures. I can see the point of some cultural appropriation arguments -- for example, the demeaning "noble savage" view of Indians -- when the use is racist and causes real harm to how the target culture is treated, but a name does not belong to a particular culture, and especially if the name is of an admired artist.

I'd find a kid named Geronimo or Pocahontas odd regardless of the parents' background, but that's just because I haven't heard it very often. If I met a child named Running Horse, I might suspect the parents were a little loopy or trying too hard without some sort of Indian connection, but that's only what I think now. I thought the same thing the first time I ran into some of the old man/lady names that are very popular now. [/quote]
I'm one of the AA moms above who doesn't care who uses what name.  I also grew up with the melting pot analogy here in the US but I am glad that we have moved on more to the salad analogy.  In a melting pot each individual ingredient is lost and everything becomes the same.  In a salad each ingredient comes together to enhance and make the whole better, but each also still retains its individual nature.  [/quote]
Well said.[/quote]

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