Girl changes her name from Keisha to Kylie...

[Kemyran]

Here's what you don't get. Being ashamed of names like "Keisha" just means you'll hop onto a next wave of names that are deemed "acceptable", and soon enough it'll be another "black" name. See "Tyrone".

No, because trends in "acceptable" names lean towards going back to older, more Biblical and Victorian era names. Well-to-do families usually name their kids after other family members and such, so the names keep propagating. Yes, there are white peeps named Tyrone, but let's not act like that shyt is as common as the name John or Steve or some ish. Also, Tyrone is Irish and Greek. Black people just happen to be the popular demographic for it in this country.

Also, look at this ish... the top 5 names for boys and girls for the last one hundred years.
http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/top5names.html

What people aren't understanding or aren't saying for some reason is that the REAL problem is that there is not a single thing wrong with "Black" names other than that black people have them. The issue is with racists and our current white power structure. White people name their kids some ridiculous shyt too and there is little to no stigma attached. The stigma that our names have is only there because they're associated with being black, which nobody wants outside of appropriating popular aspects of our "culture." Our names have not and likely will not be one of the things other cultures appropriate. From a white person's perspective, you don't go backwards or down to move up.

 

[Chris.B]

In other words, you have no alternative than to just do whatever it takes to fit in...regardless of how racist the system might be.
I suppose that doesn't surprise me.

Good luck fighting the system

 

[GreatestLaker]

Still doesnt change the fact I have family light as her without White folks being involved in any way shape or from.

The thing with genes are. You can have a white ancestor from 200 years ago and those white traits can show up generations later. It happens all the time.

 

[Remote]

Good luck fighting the system

Some people have to stand up for what's right so that cowardly wall flowers like yourself can benefit from it generations down the line.

 

[Spoonz]

Does this look like a black person to you?

not black but she's cute

 

[ProfessionallyTrill]

I remember my nerdy 5 foot tall white substitute teacher. He was meek as fukk. Name was Marcus.

I know now its Roman/Greek/etc but back then as a middle schooler I was like

 

[Max Power]

I have never see any african person decide to change their name. Nigerians and Ghanians get hired with their names. African Americans need to asses whether keep these names hinders or helps the community

Names like Kofi and Femi actually have meaning and don't sound/look as ridiculous as LaMarcus and DeVonte etc.

 

[stepbackj34spud]

The thing with genes are. You can have a white ancestor from 200 years ago and those white traits can show up generations later. It happens all the time.

@ that dude thinking there's no white folks in his family
nikkas around here be thinking they're the chosen one or some shyt. "Oh I'm lightskin with no whites in my family"

 

[concise]

No, because trends in "acceptable" names lean towards going back to older, more Biblical and Victorian era names. Well-to-do families usually name their kids after other family members and such, so the names keep propagating. Yes, there are white peeps named Tyrone, but let's not act like that shyt is as common as the name John or Steve or some ish. Also, Tyrone is Irish and Greek. Black people just happen to be the popular demographic for it in this country.

Also, look at this ish... the top 5 names for boys and girls for the last one hundred years.
http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/top5names.html

What people aren't understanding or aren't saying for some reason is that the REAL problem is that there is not a single thing wrong with "Black" names other than that black people have them. The issue is with racists and our current white power structure. White people name their kids some ridiculous shyt too and there is little to no stigma attached. The stigma that our names have is only there because they're associated with being black, which nobody wants outside of appropriating popular aspects of our "culture." Our names have not and likely will not be one of the things other cultures appropriate. From a white person's perspective, you don't go backwards or down to move up.

I didn't feel like typing all that early in the morning.

Thanks.

 

[USSInsiders]

Good luck fighting the system

fight an engrained social bias that has existed for hundreds of years brehs

 

[Swagnificent]

Names like Kofi and Femi actually have meaning and don't sound/look as ridiculous as LaMarcus and DeVonte etc.

all names start off being made up

stop acting like there is any qualitative difference.....the only difference is one group of made up names is attached toward an oppressed minority so negative connotation will be attached to anything they do

 

[MoneyTron]

all names start off being made up

I wouldn't go that far. Most have some sort of meaning behind them.

 

[Swagnificent]

I wouldn't go that far. Most have some sort of meaning behind them.

what the hell does John or Aaron mean? and don't just give me who its named after. I'm talking straight up what does it mean?

 

[MoneyTron]

what the hell does John or Aaron mean? and don't just give me who its named after. I'm talking straight up what does it mean?

John http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_(given_name)

Aaron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_(given_name)

Now do most people choose a name because of a meaning? Probably not. But most have some sort of meaning in various cultures.

 

[intruder]

It's really sad that it had to come to this