I have a cac name 
Why Do African Americans Have Arabic Names?
- Thread starter Poh SIti Dawn
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I know plenty of jamal's at the mosque. stfu and go outsidei hav never seen an arab wit dat name. AND IVE LIVED ROUND DEM MY WHOLE LIFE
newworldafro
DeeperThanRapBiggerThanHH
Probably, cause during the 60s and 70s, blacks were trying to redefine themselves.
"Negro" and "Colored" were getting the boot, and "Black" and "Afro-American" were hitting the scene. To fill that void of trying to reject pre-Jim Crow era societal norms was the Black Power movement group, Black Muslims, just overall need to connect with Africa. In that mish mash, Arabic and African names hit the scene, and then we jazzed it up
...and started to get creative. That's where we are today.
That's why (MOSTLY) blacks born in mid/late 70s and early 80s are the first to have these "creative black names", along with actual Arabic and African names/words.
"Negro" and "Colored" were getting the boot, and "Black" and "Afro-American" were hitting the scene. To fill that void of trying to reject pre-Jim Crow era societal norms was the Black Power movement group, Black Muslims, just overall need to connect with Africa. In that mish mash, Arabic and African names hit the scene, and then we jazzed it up
...and started to get creative. That's where we are today.That's why (MOSTLY) blacks born in mid/late 70s and early 80s are the first to have these "creative black names", along with actual Arabic and African names/words.
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(Lean Ambrose)
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I have a Irish name
Lol nikka im from fukkin Montreal ive known way more arabs than u. the only arab ive ever heard about wit a name close to Jamal is French comedian Jamel Debouze.
Mohammed is a popular name. Youssef is a popular name. Even Salim. Never heard no Jamal.
Poh SIti Dawn
Staying Positive, Getting Better Everyday. Holler!
I like this response a lot
ben anderson
Superstar
me and my pops the only people i know with my name. so rare if you typed it in both our pictures owuld come up on google. srs
So no one is going to ask why a random guy is asking another random guy his "descent"
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I have a cac name
I have KIng Cacs name
I have a Irish name
Same
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
Like others said, beats having a cac name 
Arabic is a Semitic language which originated in East Africa
Islam has been in Africa for 1000 years
Not exactly the same
christinasade
Banned
Perhaps, my grandmother was a Christian before she passed. But my dad, I didn't grow up with him and he didn't grow up with his dadso its like
Why biracial never know they father?
