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Why are black people against black names?
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Africans with traditional names don't anglicize normally and we don't judged in the workforce as much as Black Americans. I don't want to act like being foreign-born makes a massive distinction in being discriminated by name but I feel like there's more to it, imho.You’re not asking the bigger question. Why are black parents concerned their children will be “profiled” when it comes to job applications and not Mexicans? Who’s creating the jobs and who’s hiring?
If we were in an economic position where we didn’t become so fixated in getting to white corporate America and had our own, it wouldn’t be an issue of contention.
Arabs almost never anglicize their children’s names because they’re creating jobs for their own. Jews know they benefit heavily from nepotism with their names.
We try so hard to ingratiate ourselves, we think Christian names will make us more ‘palatable’. The problem is, it may get you into an interview but once they see you’re Black....
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ThrobbingHood
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Well there’s no more to it, you answered why. Africans (especially women) are seen as less as a threat and more docile. That’s why they’re more likely to get promoted.
Plus, we can’t ignore they weren’t stripped of their culture and identity and take a lot more pride in keeping their names. Now you might get the odd Christian/Muslim first name but their last name is undeniably African.
I had an idea for a documentary/series/book called "What's in a Name?'" about Black American naming conventions/traditions/controversies over the past 100 or so years or maybe going further. Then maybe expand to African diaspora and other races/ethnicities.
Maybe I will get it made one day and stop just talking about it before someone does this before me...
One of the segments that would be explored is the trend of Black American names being Arabicized starting in the 70s and onward
and the coupling of two words to make one name. Ex. Raekwon aka Shallah = Shaum(sun)+Allah(God)
Maybe I will get it made one day and stop just talking about it before someone does this before me...
One of the segments that would be explored is the trend of Black American names being Arabicized starting in the 70s and onward
and the coupling of two words to make one name. Ex. Raekwon aka Shallah = Shaum(sun)+Allah(God)
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Huh? I don't even know what this means. Can you clarify?
The point is, when people say "black names" the underlying assumption is that there is history and tradition behind those names, when there is none. "Black names" is a misnomer for names like Shaquana. Those names were not present in our history before the 60's. And were only present among a certain demographic. I can understand Arab sounding names like Jamal, Abdul, or Aisha because some of our ancestors were Muslim. And those names got carried down. But we should really stop labeling all these other concoctions as "black" when there is no black history or black tradition behind those names.
Our ancestors weren’t always our ancestors means history has to start somewhere and people make history like folks are doing naming their child shaquana, in the future it will mean something to them. Your point of Arab sounding names having history is kind of silly since African American history is so young , in the future it will also be a storied history. Do things get extra value only because they’re old
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GreenGhxst
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Some of these "black names" are goofy as fukk if we being honest
Naming ya kids based off of high fashion brands, cars and trending pop culture
A hood mf will name their kid Emoticon Fendi Johnson, I'm supposed to say thats black?
Naming ya kids based off of high fashion brands, cars and trending pop culture
A hood mf will name their kid Emoticon Fendi Johnson, I'm supposed to say thats black?
ReturnOfJudah
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Hebrew names = black names
Mike Nasty
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His father Martin Sheen's real name is Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez. He said his grandfather was disappointed af when walked up to a show and saw the name Martin Sheen on the headline.CHARLIE SHEEN IS WHITE.
HIS GRANDFATHER IS A CAC FROM SPAIN.
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Hw has a good point, he’s basically saying that whose to say that a name you accept as Black is not made up either? The difference between LeSsan and Dikembe is time, it’s not like Dikembe is written on the “Galactic Tablet of Black Names” while LeSean isn’t. LeSean is a Black American name and future generation will it accept it as their name.
SOME HIGHSCHOOL DROP OUT
DECIDES TO NAME HER CHILD
LEPORSCHE AND THE COMMUNITY
IS SUPPOSED TO ACCEPT THAT
AS A "BLACK NAME?
This
WHATS A BLACK NAME?
SOMETHING LIKE JERMAINE & JAMAL?
OR YOU TALKING ABOUT SOME shyt
LIKE DBRICKASHAW & LEQUANTEZ?
This
A bunch of ignorant ass nikkas that make up names with no meaning because it sounds cute.
This shyt didn't start happening until the 1970s when the Black Father was replaced out of the family structure by government assistance.
There's nothing "Pro-Black" about this ignorant shyt.
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