Why Don't White People Know How to Spell Our Names?

[AgentGrey]

Smh, looks at fb photo *sees nikka in a moncler scarf and hat*


Kiss my ass

aye you know I gotta spoil myself

 

[BlackBieber]

My name is spelled EXACTLY how it sounds , is what I always tell them.

tameka

i believe thats the name of an african goddess

 

[BlackBieber]

I think it's because we feel unsalted as a people. Like yaw can sweat our culture but not take the time to learn our history.

my nikka

 

[MekaCatt]

tameka

i believe thats the name of an african goddess

I'm not sure where it comes from , my mom always told me it was an Indian name lol. All I know is there's about 50 million of us, and I know 1 million of them personally lol.

 

[Ricky Church]

ain't Starbuck's for Cac's to begin with?

 

[Born2BKing]

Tameka, Tamika, Temeka, Tameeka, Tomika

 

[Box Cutta]

I won't fault people for not having a large vocabulary...the real issue is how African American naming conventions are used for oppression.

Nothing wrong with not being able to spell "Jae'Marqus" or whatever, the issue is when you immediately pass him up for a job opportunity, or won't call-back to rent an apartment, etc.

Names are arbitrary, and nobody gets to pick their own, so there shouldn't be a heavy stigma attached to them.

 

[Larry Lobster]

I'm at Starbucks and so I went up to the counter and this young girl asks me what I want. I told her a tall hot chocolate I see her start to hesitate asking me what name she should put as the order, as if she knows it's about to be some nikka shyt.

Finally she gets it out and asks me how to spell my name


I know how to spell Brittany and Stephanie, why they can't know my shyt

 

[BlackBieber]

I'm not sure where it comes from , my mom always told me it was an Indian name lol. All I know is there's about 50 million of us, and I know 1 million of them personally lol.

trust me its an African Goddess' name































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[BlackBieber]

Tameka, Tamika, Temeka, Tameeka, Tomika

cmon u reachin wit dose 3

 

[Plexxx]

im black and i cant spell half these nikkas names

 

[the cac mamba]

name vio

whole thread should be thrown in the bushes

as true as the thread might be its useless without at least one example

im also gonna point out that there are thousands of britneys and stephanys who OP got their name wrong

 

[RammerJammer]

im black and i cant spell half these nikkas names

Yeah, I agree, some I can't even spell and I'm black. I know this girl named Juantica and I don't even think I spelt it right

 

[phantom 4 lyfe]

Ever hear them say the name Rayshaun?
Gotdamn being called rayshahoon in college is

 

[Born2BKing]

cmon u reachin wit dose 3

google those 3 and you'll find PLENTY of people with all three of those names.