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Really?
That "la-a" story's been retold hundreds of times. In fact, it's got a page on Snopes.
That's why I said "One school submitted..." There was a story going around about 15 years ago about twins named Lemonjello and Orangejello. The royal family and the verb kid.... true story, knew teachers that had them in their classroom.
Names are always going to be affiliated with social class. They always have been and probably always will be.
I attach the whole Spanish language to poverty for instance, including their names. And yes, the ghetto black names I tend to laugh at a lot as well. I wouldn't want a doctor with the name Mohammad either (or any other Islamic name).
Yes, because we all know that doctors with the name David is more safe... Just ignorant..
That's why I said "One school submitted..." There was a story going around about 15 years ago about twins named Lemonjello and Orangejello. The royal family and the verb kid.... true story, knew teachers that had them in their classroom.
I saw a documentary where a guy names his twins "Winner" and "Loser."
Uh; Arabs ARE "white". Not all of us "white people" are pasty white in color; some of us have almost black colored skin. Sheesh!
Your post sometimes is comical, if you are Caucasian and you have some dark skin, then you are not pure Caucasian, I mean you do understand that don't you? Besides all Arabs are not Caucasian I know some and they don't consider themselves white..
Your post sometimes is comical, if you are Caucasian and you have some dark skin, then you are not pure Caucasian, I mean you do understand that don't you? Besides all Arabs are not Caucasian I know some and they don't consider themselves white..
That's because there are not really 3 or 4 separate and distinct races, the human race is one broard spectrum. You can actually be quite pasty white and be mixed or you can be quite dark and be mixed. You can be a blue eyed blond and have a black grandparent.
Neither Lucretia nor Leticia are really more acceptable these days than "Tanisha."
The whole "isha" "eesha" thing isn't respected because it denotes origins from the lower class. Just like "Billy Bob" or "Sally Joe"...
Patricia? Alicia? I don't think it's the ending sound, I think it's something else that makes you think "low class" and your mind can change once you meet someone who isn't with an unusual name.
True story; my daughter found a roommate on craigslist last year with a semi-unusual name and when she tried to find her on FB (first name + last name) she only found black girls. When they met in person a few days leter the first thing the girl said was "you probably thought I was black" (she wasn't). Haha.
So names like Lucretia or Letitia (european name a lot of white women have) is much more acceptable than Tanisha (common African American name)? They both have that eesha sound to it.
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. Just ignorant..
