Black Names are Ghetto? (legal, money, 2015, European)
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So does the name you give your child affect his life? Or is it your life reflected in his name? In either case, what kind of signal does a child’s name send to the world—and most important, does it really matter?
So does the name you give your child affect his life? Or is it your life reflected in his name? In either case, what kind of signal does a child’s name send to the world—and most important, does it really matter?
Heh, mine's 7 letters but I've been going by the 4 letter nickname forever. Seems a smaller name is easier to remember.
I also go by a shorter (3 letters verses 8) nickname, because people kept forgetting/mispronouncing my name. the funny thing is, my name is a solidly European name, though I am black.
As a substitute teacher I botch up more names these days when taking attendance.
I usually now apologize first before taking attendance.
After a while you get to know the kids and you don't have to try to say their name anymore.
"But you forgot so-and-so" they tell me.
Nope, he's sitting right there. I got him.
We have a good number of kids who's legal names are so long and hyphenated that they can't fill it in on the standardized score sheets.
However, this is an easy call. You can still give your children unique names without stigmatizing them. Just stay within the realm of sagacity. It's not that hard.
Other than that, people make too big of a deal about the issue.
but yea, it's easy to tell if a person is black on a resume. No white person that I've ever heard of has named their kid Shaquira, Shaniqua, Trayvon, Demitrius, Cornelius, etc. If you see a name you never heard of, good chance the person is black.
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but yea, it's easy to tell if a person is black on a resume. No white person that I've ever heard of has named their kid Shaquira, Shaniqua, Trayvon, Demitrius, Cornelius, etc. If you see a name you never heard of, good chance the person is black.
Two of my best friends have been named Cornelius and Darryl.
Damn. Wonder where they are. My friends. I should look them up tonight.
My friend Darryl once told me, "My grandma tol' me never to trust a white man." "White man is the Devil!" she said. " I should let her meet you sometime." He had an open mind.
Mommas give some of their kids f_____d up names. I say that because I'm black lol.
To me, it honestly doesn't matter. I'd hire anybody no matter their name, race, sexual orientation whatever. If they could get the job done, they stay.
my two best friends, philbert and eugene are black.
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